Superhydrophobic drug release: Q&A with surgical oncologist Yolonda Colson

Slow drug release implants can prevent windows of subtherapeutic and supertherapeutic states which occur when taking drugs orally. Image courtesy of sixninepixels / FreeDigitalPhotos.net.

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  If drugs break down too quickly, cancer cells can escape.
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  Yolonda Colson, director of the Women's Lung Cancer Program at...
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  The mesh is able to release chemotherapy over two to three months.
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  Superhydrophobic materials are extremely difficult to wet.
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  Slow release implants can prevent windows of subtherapeutic and...
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  Yolonda's study looked at SN38, an active metabolite of cancer drug...

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