A novel peptide enhances therapeutic efficacy of liposomal anti-cancer drugs in mice models of human lung cancer.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. The lack of tumor specificity remains a major drawback for effective chemotherapies and results in dose-limiting toxicities. However, a ligand-mediated drug delivery system should be able to render chemotherapy more specific to...

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Main Authors: De-Kuan Chang, Chin-Tarng Lin, Chien-Hsun Wu, Han-Chung Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2614347?pdf=render