Roles of Passively and Actively Targeted Block Copolymer Micelles in Cancer Therapy

Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems (NDDS) have emerged as a promising strategy for formulation of anticancer drugs due to their ability to passively target solid tumors via exploitation of the enhanced permeation and retention effect. In particular, nano-sized block copolymer micelles (BCMs)...

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Main Author: Lee, Helen Hoi Ning
Other Authors: Allen, Christine
Language:en_ca
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/26365