# OnCo record idea-bio2-robotic-convection-delivery (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-bio2-robotic-convection-delivery/>
  a schema:CreativeWork ;
  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-bio2-robotic-convection-delivery" ;
  schema:name "Robot-placed catheters and live imaging for drug infusion into brain tumours"@en ;
  schema:description "Pumping drugs slowly through fine tubes into a brain tumour can bypass the barrier, but the fluid often leaks away. Robotic placement and live scans would show where it actually goes."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-bio2-robotic-convection-delivery/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-08"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa043330> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/glioblastoma/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/robotic-surgery/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/mri/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/litt/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/blood-brain-barrier/> ;
  onco:people <https://onco.cc/people/michael-weller/>, <https://onco.cc/people/roger-stupp/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-brain-delivery/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-negative-results/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-surgery-radiation-innovation/> .