Hyperbranched polyglycerol-docetaxel treatments for bladder cancer and the characterization of treated bladder tissue using MALDI-MS imaging

David Plackett

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia

David Plackett holds a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver. He has held research and research management positions in institutes, universities and industry in the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Denmark. While in Denmark in 1998-2012, his research was concerned with various applications of bio-derived polymers including composite materials, packaging and drug delivery. In September 2012 he took up the position of Research Associate at the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and in this role his activities currently include research as part of a team developing a new treatment for bladder cancer.

Abstract

Introduction In North America, bladder cancer is the 4th most common cancer in men and the 9th in women and is reported to have the highest lifetime cost per patient of all cancers. Furthermore, innovations in the treatment... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. David Plackett (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia)
  2. Clement Mugabe (The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD))
  3. Shujun Lin (The Centre for High-Throughput Phenogenomics (CHTP), Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia)
  4. Guobin Sun (The Centre for High-Throughput Phenogenomics (CHTP), Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia)
  5. Nancy Ford (The Centre for High-Throughput Phenogenomics (CHTP), Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia)
  6. Richard Liggins (The Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD))
  7. Helen Burt (Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia)

Topic Areas

Targeted drug delivery and Nanocarriers , Nanomedecine for cancer diagnosis & therapy

Session

OS3-025 » Targeted drug delivery and Nanocarriers - Nanomedecine for cancer diagnosis & therapy (16:00 - Friday, 30th September, Amphitheatre 25)

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