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Physical mechanisms and methods employed in drug delivery to tumors Cover

Physical mechanisms and methods employed in drug delivery to tumors

By: Erim Bešić  
Open Access
|Sep 2007

Abstract

In addition to several well-known drug delivery strategies developed to facilitate effective chemotherapy with anticancer agents, some new approaches have been recently established, based on specific effects arising from the applications of ultrasound, magnetic and electric fields on drug delivery systems. This paper gives an overview of newly developed methods of drug delivery to tumors and of the related anticancer therapies based on the combined use of different physical methods and specific drug carriers. The conventional strategies and new approaches have been put into perspective to revisit the existing and to propose new directions to overcome the threatening problem of cancer diseases.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10007-007-0021-9 | Journal eISSN: 1846-9558 | Journal ISSN: 1330-0075
Language: English
Page range: 249 - 268
Published on: Sep 18, 2007
Published by: Croatian Pharmaceutical Society
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2007 Erim Bešić, published by Croatian Pharmaceutical Society
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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