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- Fast delivery of active agent to target site together with a reduced quantity of substances
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About this book
Manfred Georg Krukemeyer first describes magnetic drug targeting, by which is meant the focused application of drugs, e.g. the introduction of a cytostatic, and which is aimed at optimising its locally therapeutic effect. The author thus achieves a high concentration of cytostatic at the site of the tumour. The particles have to be large enough to be attracted by a magnetic field and so find their way into the tumour, where they release their active ingredient. The aim of the hypothesis formed by one of the author’s study groups was to show in a scientific experiment that in this case cytostatics coupled with iron particles [Fe3O4] can be introduced into a tumour. The focused introduction of drugs – magnetic drug targeting – results in faster arrival of the active ingredient at the target site together with a reduced quantity of active substances. For this reason magnetic drug targeting is also interesting from an economic point of view.
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About the author
Dr. med. Manfred Georg Krukemeyer is a specialist surgeon currently holding a senior position at a large German hospital enterprise.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Experimental Investigations into Sarcomas
Book Subtitle: Therapy Using Ferromagnetically Induced Cytostatics
Authors: Manfred Georg Krukemeyer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-20591-1
Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-20590-4Published: 04 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-20591-1Published: 13 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 122
Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Original German edition published by Springer, Wiesbaden, 2018
Topics: Surgical Oncology, Oncology