A clinical study shows the feasibility and safety of the intratumoral release of an anticancer drug encapsulated in thermosensitive liposomes by heating the patient’s tumour via focused ultrasound.
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Hynynen, K. Hyperthermia-induced drug delivery in humans. Nat Biomed Eng 2, 637–639 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-018-0297-8
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