Article
Two-photon fluorescence correlation microscopy reveals the two-phase nature of transport in tumors.
Edwin L. Steele Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Nature Medicine (impact factor:
22.46).
03/2004;
10(2):203-7.
DOI:10.1038/nm981
pp.203-7
Source: PubMed
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Keywords
barriers
detectable range
diffusion
diffusion coefficients
drug delivery
hyaluronidase
molecular size
optimized two-photon fluorescence correlation microscopy
promising tool
transport parameters
tumors
two components
vivo measurement
Trevor David McKee |
