A thermal gel depot for local delivery of paclitaxel to treat experimental brain tumors in rats: Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-217

  Tyler, Betty ^a   Fowers, Kirk D ^b   Li, Khan W ^a   Recinos, Violette Renard ^a   Caplan, Justin M ^a   Hdeib, Alia ^a   Grossman, Rachel ^a   Basaldella, Luca ^a,d   Bekelis, Kimon ^a   Pradilla, Gustavo ^a   Legnani, Federico ^c   Brem, Henry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

9L gliosarcoma; OncoGel; Paclitaxel; Radioactivity; Radiotherapy; Rat

Indexed keywords

ONCOGEL; PACLITAXEL; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GEL; GLIOSARCOMA; HEMISPHERE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; GELS; GLIOSARCOMA; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; PACLITAXEL; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77955638780     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.11.JNS08162     Document Type: Article

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