Drug-Loaded, Polyurethane Coated Nitinol Stents for the Controlled Release of Docetaxel for the Treatment of Oesophageal Cancer

• Main Authors: Paris Fouladian (Author), Qiuyang Jin (Author), Mohammad Arafat (Author), Yunmei Song (Author), Xiuli Guo (Author), Anton Blencowe (Author), Sanjay Garg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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For several decades, self-expanding metal stents (SEMSs) have shown significant clinical success in the palliation of obstructive metastatic oesophageal cancer. However, these conventional oesophageal stents can suffer from stent blockage caused by malignant tumour cell growth. To overcome this chal...