Chemotherapy has long been one of the most effective tools for treating cancer—but side effects, such as fatigue, hair loss, and nausea, can be rough. What if we could inject a high dose of cancer-fighting medicine directly into a tumor while minimizing exposure to the rest of the body? An innovative treatment under investigation by Matthew Kinsey, M.D., M.P.H., could make lung cancer care easier to tolerate.
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Medical oncologist Rohit Singh, M.B.B.S., assistant professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine, speaking with a patient at the UVM Cancer Center (Photo: Ryan Mercer/UVM Health)
An Exciting New Targeted Approach to Lung Cancer Tumors
If we only want to kill the cancerous cells, what would happen if chemotherapy were to be injected directly into a tumor?
Health & Medicine
October 29, 2026