Systemic Delivery of Oncolytic Viruses: Hopes and Hurdles

Despite recent advances in both surgery and chemoradiotherapy, mortality rates for advanced cancer remain high. There is a pressing need for novel therapeutic strategies; one option is systemic oncolytic viral therapy. Intravenous administration affords the opportunity to treat both the primary tum...

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Main Authors: Mark S. Ferguson, Nicholas R. Lemoine, Yaohe Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Virology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/805629