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Tailoring Polymeric Micelles to Optimize Delivery to Solid Tumors

Wei Li1 International Joint Cancer Institute, The Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, Shanghai200433, PR China. [email protected]; [email protected];2 National Engineering Research Center for Antibody Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Antibody Medicine & Targeting Therapy & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Cell Engineering, 399 Libing Road, Shanghai201203, PR China;5 International Joint Cancer Institute, The Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, Shanghai200433, PR China. [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Sishen Feng3 Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering & Division of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering & Nanoscience & Nanoengineering Initiative (NUSNNI), National University of Singapore, Block E5, 02-11, Engineering Drive 4, 117576, SingaporeView further author information
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Yajun Guo1 International Joint Cancer Institute, The Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, Shanghai200433, PR China. [email protected]; [email protected];2 National Engineering Research Center for Antibody Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Antibody Medicine & Targeting Therapy & Shanghai Key Laboratory of Cell Engineering, 399 Libing Road, Shanghai201203, PR China;4 PLA General Hospital Cancer Center, PLA Graduate School of Medicine, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing100853, PR China;6 International Joint Cancer Institute, The Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, Shanghai200433, PR China. [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 1235-1252 | Published online: 30 Aug 2012

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