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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University of Brighton
2014
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Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.649356 |