Table 3. General combination therapy strategy for two anticancer drugs.
Categories | Combination strategy | Advantages/drawbacks |
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Conjugate A+ free B | Starting drug ratio tunable; difference in metabolism | |
Conjugate A+ conjugate B | Starting drug ratio tunable; difference in metabolism | |
A and B co-conjugate | Starting drug ratio tunable; similar metabolism | |
A-NPs+ free B | Starting drug ratio tunable; difference in metabolism; minimum change drug ratio at circulation | |
A-NPs+ B-NPs | Drug ratio tunable; difference in metabolism; | |
A and B co-loaded NPs | Starting drug ratio tunable; difference in metabolism; minimum change drug ratio at circulation |