Drug-Loaded Hydrogels - Local Chemotherapy Delivery in Bone Tumor Management
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The Starwars Super Weapons are coming - #NeoArmory
Bone tumor management is not for the light-hearted. Even if we walk through every step of making a correct diagnosis, plotting an out and out plan, and providing multimodality treatment very carefully, the results may not be soul-satisfying many a time.
The main culprit is R E L A P S E.
Solution?
“Sustained residual concentration of chemotherapy drugs at the site, without having systemic complications or affecting bone regeneration”
Too much to ask for?
Well, there are drug-loaded Hydrogels.
These completely customizable biocompatible hydrophilic gel-based polymers can absorb drugs, and swell. They do not dissolve in a water-based environment. They can be programmed to release drugs continuously or in a pulsatile manner for short or long term
Though these wonderdrugs are still in the early stages of development, I can clearly see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Starwars Super Weapons are coming
