Hydrogel-Based Drug Delivery Nanosystems for the Treatment of Brain Tumors

Chemotherapy is commonly associated with limited effectiveness and unwanted side effects in normal cells and tissues, due to the lack of specificity of therapeutic agents to cancer cells when systemically administered. In brain tumors, the existence of both physiological barriers that protect tumor...

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Main Authors: João Basso, Ana Miranda, Sandra Nunes, Tânia Cova, João Sousa, Carla Vitorino, Alberto Pais
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Gels
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/4/3/62