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Transradial Access Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients
Published on: September 20, 2020
Nanocomposite Carriers for Transarterial Chemoembolization of Liver Cancer
Dong-Hyun Kim1,2, Andrew C Larson1,2,3,4,5
1Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
Abstract:
The efficacy of conventional transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) approaches in liver cancer treatment is limited by the lack of effective drug carriers and/or the inability to monitor drug delivery to the targeted tumor tissues. Recent years have seen rapid advances in drug carriers for TACE. Bioabsorbable and MRI- or CT-visible microspheres that are trackable in vivo have been developed as a form of nanocomposite. Herein, we review notable progress in nanocomposite microspheres drug carriers available for TACE.
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