Browsing by Subject "Chemotherapeutic agents"

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      Design considerations for nanotherapeutics in oncology 

      Stylianopoulos, T.; Jain, R. K. (2015)
      Nanotherapeutics have improved the quality of life of cancer patients, primarily by reducing the adverse effects of chemotherapeutic agents, but improvements in overall survival are modest. This is in large part due to the ...
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      The Solid Mechanics of Cancer and Strategies for Improved Therapy 

      Stylianopoulos, T. (2017)
      Tumor progression and response to treatment is determined in large part by the generation of mechanical stresses that stem from both the solid and the fluid phase of the tumor. Furthermore, elevated solid stress levels can ...