Novel bioresponsive drug eluting microspheres to enhance chemoembolisation therapy

Drug eluting beads (DEB) are employed in the treatment of solid hypervascularised malignant tumours by a method called trans-arterial chemoembolisation (TACE). When the microcirculation to a tumour is blocked, oxygen levels decrease to critically low levels causing the tumour to become hypoxic. Hypo...

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Main Author: Ashrafi, Koorosh
Published: University of Brighton 2014
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.649356