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| Missailidis,Sotiris; Perkins,Alan; Santos-Filho,Sebastião David; Fonseca,Adenilson de Souza da; Bernardo-Filho,Mario. |
| In the continuous search for earlier diagnosis and improved therapeutic modalities against cancer, based on our constantly increasing knowledge of cancer biology, aptamers hold the promise to expand on current antibody success, but overcoming some of the problems faced with antibodies as therapeutic or delivery agents in cancer. However, as the first aptamer reached the market as an inhibitor against angiogenesis for the treatment of macular degeneration, aptamers have found only limited applications or interest in oncology, and even less as radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic imaging and targeted radiotherapy of tumours. Yet, the chemistry for the labelling of aptamers and the options to alter their pharmacokinetic properties, to make them suitable for... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Aptamer; Radiopharmaceutical; Diagnostic imaging; Radiotherapy; Epithelial tumor. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000700013 |
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