Peptides in receptor-mediated radiotherapy : from design to the clinical application in cancers.

Short peptides can show high affinity for specific receptors overexpressed on tumor cells. Some of these are already used in cancerology as diagnostic tools and others are in clinical trials for therapeutic applications. Therefore, peptides exhibit great potential as a diagnostic tool but also as an...

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Main Authors: Catherine eLOZZA, Isabelle eTEULON, André ePELEGRIN, Jean-Pierre ePOUGET, Eric eVIVES
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2013.00247/full