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SUBMITTER: Park J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6857053 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Jooho J Choi Yongwhan Y Chang Hyeyoun H Um Wooram W Ryu Ju Hee JH Kwon Ick Chan IC
Theranostics 20191017 26
The use of nanomedicine for cancer treatment takes advantage of its preferential accumulation in tumors owing to the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. The development of cancer nanomedicine has promised highly effective treatment options unprecedented by standard therapeutics. However, the therapeutic efficacy of passively targeted nanomedicine is not always satisfactory because it is largely influenced by the heterogeneity of the intensity of the EPR effect exhibited within a tu ...[more]