Magnetic Kyphoplasty may be able to access hard-to-reach spine cancers

Surgical Cement Heals Spinal Fractures with Magnetic, Targeted Drug Delivery (ODTMag)
Patients with spinal fractures caused by tumors or osteoporosis usually undergo a procedure called kyphoplasty, where the fracture is filled with surgical cement. While kyphoplasty can stabilize the bone, cancer patients are still often left with spinal column tumors that are very hard to reach with conventional chemotherapy, which has to cross the blood-brain barrier when delivered intravenously.
Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago reported in the journal PLOS ONE, that by adding magn...