The effect of chitosan nanoparticles containing paclitaxel on destruction of breast cancer cells
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2016-03-19
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Background: Paclitaxel is a new chemotherapy medicine that is used for treating breast, ovarian, and lung cancers as well as AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. Due to the side effects of using this drug, the paclitaxel-loaded chitosan nanoparticles was synthesized and its cytotoxicity effects on breast cancer cell lines was examined.