Enhanced Permeability and Retention Effect as a Ubiquitous and Epoch-Making Phenomenon for the Selective Drug Targeting of Solid Tumors

In 1979, development of the first polymer drug SMANCS [styrene-co-maleic acid (SMA) copolymer conjugated to neocarzinostatin (NCS)] by Maeda and colleagues was a breakthrough in the cancer field. When SMANCS was administered to mice, drug accumulation in tumors was markedly increased compared with a...

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Main Authors: Waliul Islam, Takuro Niidome, Tomohiro Sawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Series:Journal of Personalized Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/12/12/1964

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