Not only anticancer drugs but also enzymes can be encapsulated in either micelle or other carrier for the treatment of cancer

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 396-397

  Tan, Qunyou ^a   Zhang, Jingqing ^b   Zhang, Li ^b  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; DRUG CARRIER; ENZYME; METHIONINE GAMMA LYASE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENCAPSULATION; ENZYME THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MICELLE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW DRUG RELEASE; SOLID TUMOR; TARGET CELL; TUMOR CELL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG COMPOUNDING; ENZYMES; HUMANS; MICELLES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72449212205     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.08.028     Document Type: Letter

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