Doxorubicin: an update on anticancer molecular action, toxicity and novel drug delivery systems

Objectives The frontline drug doxorubicin has been used for treating cancer for over 30 years. While providing a cure in select cases, doxorubicin causes toxicity to most major organs, especially life-threatening cardiotoxicity, which forces the treatment to become dose-limiting. Key findings Doxoru...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tacar, O., Sriamornsak, P., Dass, Crispin
Format: Journal Article
Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19817