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    Innovative radiotherapy for the treatment of fatal and aggressive brain tumors was recognized as a breakthrough medical device by the FDA

    • Last Update: 2021-10-21
    • Source: Internet
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    Recently, Alpha Tau Medical announced that the US FDA has granted its innovative alpha radiation cancer therapy Alpha DaRT breakthrough medical device designation for the treatment of patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)
    .


    On June 8th of this year, Alpha DaRT was granted breakthrough medical device designation by the FDA for the first time for the treatment of skin and oral squamous cell carcinomas without curative standard therapies


    GBM is an aggressive malignant brain cancer with an average 5-year survival rate of less than 10%.
    It is the most common malignant tumor of the brain or central nervous system
    .


    Alpha DaRT will be used as an adjunct to standard drug therapy, or as an independent therapy after standard drug therapy fails, for the treatment of recurrent GBM


    Alpha DaRT is treated by intratumor injection, implanting "seeds" carrying radioactive radium-224 into the tumor
    .


    When the unstable radioactive radium-224 fission, it will release high-energy alpha particles, thereby destroying the tumor


    ▲The alpha particles produced by the Alpha DaRT fission process can kill tumors (picture source: Alpha Tau Medical official website)

    Reference materials:

    [1] Alpha Tau Receives FDA's Breakthrough Device Designation for the Treatment of Recurrent GBM.


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