Evaluation of the feasibility of intrapancreatic delivery of drug-loaded microparticles via EUS-guided fine needle injection using a swine model

Background and study aims Patients with pancreatic cancer often have locally advanced or metastatic disease and are not candidates for curative surgery. Polymer-based microparticles (MPs) represent a drug delivery system that offers sustained release of a chemotherapeutic drug after intralesional in...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Caceres, Maria Munoz-Sagastibelza, A. K. M. Nawshad Hossian, Jenny Paredes, Kaylene Barrera, George Mattheolabakis, Laura A. Martello, Shivakumar Vignesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2019-08-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0953-2070