This article is about doctors finding a better way to treat cancer patients, especially ones with brain cancer. They now figured out how to more directly attack the tumor, rather than use chemotherapy throughout the whole body. It limits the side effects and allows them to use more potent poisons to kill the cancer. Doctors will now use extremely small tubes, called microcatheters, this allows them to directly spray the chemotherapy onto the tumor allowing for a more effective treatment of the cancer. I thought this was a really cool idea in that they're using older techniques for modern medicine. Microcatheters were originally used for people who had strokes, but now they can use them for chemotherapy. I think this is a major breakthrough for cancer treatment. This could also be a bad thing, as more people will survive and this will mean more population problems. This is a great break through though and many people will be saved because of it.
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