Microbubbles: from cancer detection to theranostics
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Microbubbles: from cancer detection to theranostics
Microbubbles have proven to be useful as diagnostic agents for ultrasound[1,2]. However, they have the potential for a far wider range of uses, both in unmodified form (thus minimising regulatory barriers) and in new forms[3]. These future uses may be divided into diagnostic and therapeutic categories. Routine diagnostic uses of microbubbles relevant to oncology are mainly in the liver, where t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Imaging
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1470-7330
DOI: 10.1186/1470-7330-15-s1-o17