Microparticles and their use in cancer treatment
OwnerMartin M. Eatock, Roy Harrisinventors
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Abstract
A method of treating tumors of a tissue selected from liver, lung, spleen and peritoneum, comprises administering to a subject hosting the tumors microparticles having a size appropriate to target the tissue, the microparticles having at least one cytotoxic agent bound thereto. Microparticles having two bound cytotoxic agents are new. The microparticles are also useful for treating multi drug resistance.
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A method of treating tumours of a tissue selected from liver, lung, spleen and peritoneum, which comprises administering to a subject hosting the tumours microparticles having a size appropriate to target the tissue, the microparticles having at least one cytotoxic agent bound thereto.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the microparticles are of human serum albumin.
A method according to any preceding claim, wherein the tissue is liver, lung or spleen.
Microparticles comprising two or more cytotoxic agents bound thereto.
A method of treating multi-drug-resistant tumours, which comprises administering to the subject microparticles having a cytotoxic agent and a targeting agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.