iRGD: A Promising Peptide for Cancer Imaging and a Potential Therapeutic Agent for Various Cancers

Poor penetration into the tumor parenchyma and the reduced therapeutic efficacy of anticancer drugs and other medications are the major problems in tumor treatment. A new tumor-homing and penetrating peptide, iRGD (CRGDK/RGPD/EC), can be effectively used to combine and deliver imaging agents or anti...

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Main Author: Houdong Zuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Oncology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9367845