Electroporation enhances therapeutic efficacy of anticancer drugs: Treatment of human pancreatic tumor in animal model

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3 A, 1998, Pages 1361-1366

  Nanda, G S ^a   Sun, F X ^b   Hofmann, G A ^a   Hoffman, R M ^b   Dev, S B ^a  

^a Inovio Biomedical Corporation   (United States)

^b ANTICANCER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Carboplatin; Electrochemotherapy; Electroporation therapy; Mitomycin C; Pancreatic cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRATUMORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0031856811     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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