Design of a defocused transducer for targeted cancer drug delivery by ultrasound-mediated hyperthermia

<p>A major challenge in chemotherapy is that the systemic delivery of drugs to both healthy tissue as well as the tumour results in unwanted side effects. Thermosensitive liposomal carriers are designed to release their payload when they are exposed to mild hyperthermia (a few degrees above b...

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Main Author: Chu, BTC
Other Authors: Coussios, CC
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2018
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