Computational modelling of drug delivery to solid tumour: Understanding the interplay between chemotherapeutics and biological system for optimised delivery …

W Zhan, M Alamer, XY Xu - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Drug delivery to solid tumour involves multiple physiological, biochemical and biophysical
processes taking place across a wide range of length and time scales. The therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Mathematical modelling of microneedle-mediated transdermal delivery of drug nanocarriers into skin tissue and circulatory system

B Newell, W Zhan - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
Microneedle-mediated transdermal delivery using nanocarriers can successfully overcome
the barrier of the stratum corneum and protect drugs from elimination in skin tissues …

[HTML][HTML] Image-based predictive modelling frameworks for personalised drug delivery in cancer therapy

A Bhandari, B Gu, FM Kashkooli, W Zhan - Journal of Controlled Release, 2024 - Elsevier
Personalised drug delivery enables a tailored treatment plan for each patient compared to
conventional drug delivery, where a generic strategy is commonly employed. It can not only …

Image-based spatio-temporal model of drug delivery in a heterogeneous vasculature of a solid tumor—Computational approach

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Rezaeian… - Microvascular …, 2019 - Elsevier
The solute transport distribution in a tumor is an important criterion in the evaluation of the
cancer treatment efficacy. The fraction of killed cells after each treatment can quantify the …

Convection enhanced delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs into brain tumour

W Zhan, CH Wang - Journal of Controlled Release, 2018 - Elsevier
Convection enhanced delivery (CED) of chemotherapeutic drugs can successfully bypass
the blood-brain barrier (BBB). However, the treatment efficacy is significantly variable in …

Drug delivery to solid tumors with heterogeneous microvascular networks: Novel insights from image-based numerical modeling

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, MH Hamedi - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study examines chemotherapy by incorporating multi-scale mathematical
modeling to predict drug delivery and its effects. This approach leads to a more-realistic …

Effect of vascular normalization on drug delivery to different stages of tumor progression: In-silico analysis

FM Kashkooli, M Soltani, M Rezaeian… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vascular normalization (VN) by anti-angiogenic factors may be efficacious for improving
drug delivery in solid tumors. In the present study, a 3D computational model is employed to …

Numerical modeling of high-intensity focused ultrasound-mediated intraperitoneal delivery of thermosensitive liposomal doxorubicin for cancer chemotherapy

M Rezaeian, A Sedaghatkish, M Soltani - Drug delivery, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Although intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC) has been suggested as a promising method
for the management of peritoneal dissemination (PD) of ovarian or colorectal cancers, the …

A 3D CFD model of the interstitial fluid pressure and drug distribution in heterogeneous tumor nodules during intraperitoneal chemotherapy

M Steuperaert, C Debbaut, C Carlier, O De Wever… - Drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Although intraperitoneal chemotherapy (IPC) has evolved into an established treatment
modality for patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM), drug penetration into tumor nodules …

Towards a multiphysics modelling framework for thermosensitive liposomal drug delivery to solid tumour combined with focused ultrasound hyperthermia

W Zhan, W Gedroyc, XY Xu - Biophysics Reports, 2019 - Springer
Systemic toxicity and insufficient drug accumulation at the tumour site are main barriers in
chemotherapy. Thermosensitive liposomes (TSL) combined with high intensity focused …