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Filtering by: Committee Member Christensen, Mark Date issued sim 2018-03-20

A Nanoparticle Mediated Gene Silencing Approach for the Treatment of Metastatic Ovarian Cancer

Creator:

Schumann, Canan B.

Abstract:

Ovarian cancer, “the silent killer,” is one of the deadliest gynecological diseases due to delayed diagnosis, leading to a heavily disseminated and aggressive metastatic cancer. Therapeutic options are limited at stages III-IV of ovarian cancer, in which debulking surgery and cytotoxic chemotherapy remain the mainstays of intervention. However, these therapeutic...

Resource Type:

Dissertation