Nanotechnology and drug delivery: An update in oncology

Pharmaceutics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-185

  Jones, Tait ^a   Saba, Nabil ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active targeting; Cancer; Drug delivery systems; Nanotechnology; Passive targeting

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON NANOTUBE; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; GOLD NANOSHELL; HEAVY METAL YOLK SHELL; LECTIN; LIPOSOME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NANOSHELL; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; PEPTIDE AMPHIPHILE; TOSITUMOMAB I 131; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINOSTATIN; ZINOSTATIN MALEIC ACID STYRENE COPOLYMER;

ALOPECIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TISSUE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG RETENTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; LIPOSOMAL DELIVERY; MICELLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SCLEROSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; STOMATITIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VENOUS SCLEROSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 79959847502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics3020171     Document Type: Review

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