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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
David J. Yang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Dong-fang Yu, Houston, TX (US);
Ali Azhdarinia, Houston, TX (US);
Tommy L. Lee, Spring, TX (US);
E. Edmund Kim, Houston, TX (US);
David J. Yang, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Dong-Fang Yu, Houston, TX (US);
Ali Azhdarinia, Houston, TX (US);
Tommy L. Lee, Spring, TX (US);
E. Edmund Kim, Houston, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods regarding local regional treatment in situ for an individual, such as of a tumor, are provided herein. A hydrogel composition is generated in situ in the tumor by administering a polymer, such as a polysaccharide or a polyamino acid, with a therapeutic agent, such as a radionuclide or a drug, and administering a cross-linking agent. The hydrogel/therapeutic agent composition is retained in the tumor for safe and efficient tumor therapy. Alternatively, a hydrogel composition is generated in situ in an artery which nourishes a tumor to occlude the artery.