Current advances in polymer-based nanotheranostics for cancer treatment and diagnosis

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 21859-21873

  Luk, Brian T ^a   Zhang, Liangfang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; drug delivery; imaging; nanoparticle; polymer; theranostics

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DRUG DELIVERY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENE TRANSFER; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POLYMERS; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; THERANOSTICS;

CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES; MONITORING THERAPY; NANOTHERANOSTICS; POLYMER NANOMATERIALS; POLYMER-BASED SYSTEMS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DRUG CARRIER; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG CARRIERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERS;

EID: 84919884295     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5036225     Document Type: Review

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