Therapeutic Efficacy of 225Ac-containing Polymersomes

Cancer, still presenting one of the major challenges in modern healthcare, leads to more than 8.8 million deaths annually. While the main treatment options include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, increasing attention is given to brachytherapy in e.g. the treatment of prostate cancer. Advantages of brachytherapy, as compared to radical prostatectomy and external beam radiation therapy, lie in the much higher radiation doses which can be given to the tumour tissue whilst sparing healthy tissue.

Source: Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences - February 28, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Robin de Kruijff, Rene Raav é, Annemarie Kip, Janneke Molkenboer-Kuenen, Alfred Morgenstern, Frank Bruchertseifer, Sandra Heskamp, Antonia Denkova Source Type: research