A skull ultrasound implant that opens the barrier at every cycle
A small ultrasound device implanted in the skull can be switched on at each chemotherapy visit to briefly open the brain barrier, letting drugs in every cycle.
Implantable ultrasound emitters have been used in recurrent glioblastoma trials with carboplatin and with albumin-bound paclitaxel, showing repeated safe barrier opening and increased brain drug concentrations. The remaining questions are whether the added exposure translates into survival, and which drug benefits most from repeated opening.
- The brain: barrier and sanctuary · Most drugs cannot cross into the brain, so brain tumours and brain metastases lag every other site.
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