Combined radiofrequency ablation and doxorubicin-eluting polymer implants for liver cancer treatment

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 205-213

  Weinberg, Brent D ^a   Blanco, Elvin ^b   Lempka, Scott F ^a   Anderson, James M ^c   Exner, Agata A ^d   Gao, Jinming ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymer; Intratumoral drug delivery; Minimally invasive therapy; Polymer implants; VX2 tumor

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG DELIVERY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY;

INTRATUMORAL DRUG DELIVERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY; POLYMER IMPLANTS; VX2 TUMOR;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

DOXORUBICIN; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CANCER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CANCER; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CATHETER ABLATION; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG IMPLANTS; LACTIC ACID; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; RABBITS;

EID: 33947192941     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30926     Document Type: Article

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