Targeting Strategies for the Combination Treatment of Cancer Using Drug Delivery Systems

• Main Authors: Janel Kydd (Author), Rahul Jadia (Author), Praveena Velpurisiva (Author), Aniket Gad (Author), Shailee Paliwal (Author), Prakash Rai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cancer cells have characteristics of acquired and intrinsic resistances to chemotherapy treatment-due to the hostile tumor microenvironment-that create a significant challenge for effective therapeutic regimens. Multidrug resistance, collateral toxicity to normal cells, and detrimental systemic side...