The EPR effect: Unique features of tumor blood vessels for drug delivery, factors involved, and limitations and augmentation of the effect

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews - Tập 63 Số 3 - Trang 136-151 - 2011
Jun Fang1, Hideaki Nakamura1, Hiroshi Maeda1
1Laboratory of Microbiology and Oncology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan

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