When paired with total-body irradiation, their new treatment system is more effective than conventional chemotherapy on early-stage lymph node metastasisLymph node metastasis is a sign that things are going from bad to worse in cancer patients, and prompt treatment is vital.has created a lymphatic drug delivery system that allows anticancer drugs to be injected directly into metastatic lymph nodes.
Sora and his colleagues investigated the dual therapy of LDDS and TBI for lymph nodes and distant metastases in metastasis model mice. They used irradiation gamma rays and anticancer drug CDDP adjusted with a solvent to have an osmotic pressure of 1987 kPa and a viscosity of 11.3 mPas.