Nanotechnology: Going small for a giant leap in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics

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Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-196

  Pierotti, Marco A ^a   Lombardo, Claudio ^b   Rosano, Camillo ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug delivery; Nanomedicine; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER; LIPOSOME; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HYDROGEL; NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 45249120384     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160809400210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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