Abstract: An insertion device is proposed for implanting a flexible implantable strip in the cortex of a living being in a reliable and accurate manner. The insertion device comprises a wire maintained within a lumen of a penetration member so that a free tip portion configured to engage an anchoring hole of the implantable strip protrudes from a distal end of the penetration member Thanks to reduced dimensions of the tip portion of the wire compared to that of the implantable strip, removing the wire from the lumen results in the implantable strip being released from the penetration member while still adhering to the cortex. The wire may be withdrawn by pulling at an end portion opposite to the tip portion.

Abstract: A composition of microparticles includes a non-radioactive and a radioactive isotope, and an injection vehicle, for use in the intratumoral treatment of cancer, by combined antitumoral effect of radioactivity and intratumoral microparticle deposition. The antitumoral effect provided by the cytotoxicity of radioactivity is enhanced by a modulation of the tumoral immune response induced by microparticle deposition inside the tumor, thereby decreasing the dose of radioactivity required to treat solid tumors. A method of treating solid tumors using a sub-optimal tumor-volume coverage dose of radioactivity combined with intratumoral microparticle deposition as a mean of tumor control is also disclosed.