Mechanisms and Benefits of Sonoporation (IMAGE)

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Mechanisms and Benefits of Sonoporation

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A microbubble (2micon in diameter) is excited by an ultrasound wave (A), which in turn interacts with a cell in many different ways allowing increased drug uptake (B). When performing this in patients, more treatment can be performed, survival increases (C) and tumour recession can be observed (D).

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S. Kotopoulis/Haukeland University Hospital, Norway

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