Engineering Meets Medicine: UIC Team Advances Pancreatic Cancer Detection and Treatment

Introduction

New research from UIC explores a promising approach to reducing metastasis in pancreatic cancer surgery. A multidisciplinary team has developed a microfluidic device that isolates circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with high precision, recovering 8x more cells than commercial methods. This technique may help trap CTCs and prevent their spread, offering hope for improved outcomes in PDAC, one of the deadliest cancers. Read the full story here: https://today.uic.edu/pancreatic-cancer-research-project-attacks-seeds-of-metastasis/  Read the original research article here: doi: 10.1039/d5lc00512d