Targeted Chemotherapy Using a Cytotoxic Somatostatin Conjugate to Inhibit Tumor Growth and Metastasis in Nude Mice

The major problems of traditional chemotherapy are non-selectivity and non-specificity, resulting in severe toxic side effects. Peptides are a new-generation of drug-delivery vector to increase efficacy of this therapy and avoid the resulting damage. The cytotoxic somatostatin (SST) conjugate JF-10-...

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Main Authors: Li-Chun Sun, L. Vienna Mackey, Jing Luo, Joseph A. Fuselier, David H. Coy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S970