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Conventional delivery of chemotherapeutic agents leads to multiple systemic side effects and toxicity, limiting the doses that can be used. The development of targeted therapies to selectively deliver anti-cancer agents to tumor cells without damaging neighboring unaffected cells would lead to highe...

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Published in:Targeted Oncology Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 467 - 486
Main Authors: Benedetto, Gregory, Vestal, C., Richardson, Christine, Vestal, C Greer
Format: review tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Dec2015
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