Convection-enhanced delivery of camptothecin-loaded polymer nanoparticles for treatment of intracranial tumors
Sawyer AJ, Saucier-Sawyer JK, Booth CJ, Liu J, Patel T, Piepmeier JM, Saltzman WM. Convection-enhanced delivery of camptothecin-loaded polymer nanoparticles for treatment of intracranial tumors. Drug Delivery And Translational Research 2010, 1: 34-42. PMID: 21691426, PMCID: PMC3117592, DOI: 10.1007/s13346-010-0001-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConvection-enhanced deliveryUnloaded nanoparticlesNanoparticle treatmentPolymer nanoparticlesNanoparticlesRelease nanoparticlesDrug loadingDrug releasePolymer deliveryDirect deliveryIntracranial tumorsSimultaneous controlIntracranial 9L tumorsLong-term survivorsDelivery of chemotherapyDeliveryDiffusional penetrationLocal tissue toxicityMedian survivalChemotherapy agentsTherapeutic benefitGlioblastoma multiformeGliosarcoma cellsTissue toxicityTumors