{"id":2961,"date":"2017-11-01T01:45:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T06:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2961"},"modified":"2017-10-26T17:04:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T22:04:12","slug":"3-d-printing-allows-doctors-to-practice-cancer-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/01\/3-d-printing-allows-doctors-to-practice-cancer-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"3-D Printing Allows Doctors to “Practice” Cancer Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Technology Helps to Train Doctors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The classic med school model of practicing surgery on cadavers may soon be a thing of the past. Some doctors are now using 3-D printing models of patients’ organs<\/a> as guides to improve outcomes of cancer treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3-D Printing Improves Success of Prostate Cancer Treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n

While 3-D printing has been around since the mid-1980s, it’s just now coming into focus as a valuable tool for medical applications. One of the current pioneers of 3-D “surgery” is the USC Institute of Urology of Keck Medicine of USC.<\/p>\n

Surgeons such as Dr. Inderbir Gill, executive director of the Institute, are using 3-D printed organs for patients with prostate cancer<\/a>. The reproduction allows doctors to determine the precise location of tumors, which is virtually impossible to do during actual surgery.<\/p>\n

Working with a 3-D model also helps surgeons reduce the risk of serious side effects that can occur during contact with areas surrounding the prostate. According to Dr. Gill, precision tools such as 3-D printing greatly improve the chances of completely removing the cancer.<\/p>\n

Fine-Tuning Medication Dosage with 3-D Models<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another promising application of 3-D medical printing in cancer treatment<\/a> involves the use of radiopharmaceuticals. Drugs containing radioactive material are administered to patients intravenously, orally, or placed inside a body cavity.<\/p>\n

It’s challenging to determine a radiopharmaceutical dose that’s powerful enough to kill cancer cells without damaging healthy tissues as well. 3-D printing provides a vehicle to find the right balance.<\/p>\n

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The classic med school model of practicing surgery on cadavers may soon be a thing of the past. Some doctors are now using 3-D printing models of patients’ organs as guides to improve outcomes of cancer treatment. 3-D Printing Improves Success of Prostate Cancer Treatment While 3-D printing has been around since the mid-1980s, it’s … Continue reading 3-D Printing Allows Doctors to “Practice” Cancer Surgery<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[580,537,205,216,538,1],"tags":[209,539,224,531],"class_list":["post-2961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-vaccine","category-immuno-oncology","category-immunotherapy","category-immunotherapy-for-cancer","category-uncategorized","tag-alternative-cancer-treatment","tag-cancer-immunotherapy","tag-cancer-treatment","tag-immunotherapy-for-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2961"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2961\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}