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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2019 Jun 18;142:153–164. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.06.005

Table 5.

Metrics to evaluate the Doxil disposition in tumor

Tumor type r1:r2:r3 Metrics Proximal layer Intermediate layer Distal layer Total H index
Well diffused tumor 60:30:10 Total doxorubicin (ID%) 0.0394 0.0174 3.11E-4 0.0574 0.154
Free doxorubicin (ID%) 0.0157 8.14E-3 2.50E-4 0.0242 0.194
Encapsulated doxorubicin (ID%) 0.0237 9.28E-3 6.09E-5 0.0332 0.126
EPRC 0.248 0.423 0.411 0.309
TSE 0.0740 0.0708 0.0216 0.0555
Moderately diffused tumor 30:40:30 Total doxorubicin (ID%) 0.0402 3.32E-3 1.58E-6 0.0437 8.21E-3
Free doxorubicin (ID%) 9.21E-3 1.20E-3 1.31E-6 0.0105 0.0130
Encapsulated doxorubicin (ID%) 0.0310 2.12E-3 2.70E-7 0.0332 6.73E-3
EPRC 0.303 0.554 0.511 0.332
TSE 0.0973 0.0275 7.75E-4 0.0419
Poorly diffused tumor 10:30:60 Total doxorubicin (ID%) 0.0344 9.64E-4 2.00E-7 0.0355 1.20E-3
Free doxorubicin (ID%) 2.06E-3 2.24E-4 2.00E-7 2.30E-3 4.65E-3
Encapsulated doxorubicin (ID%) 0.0323 7.40E-4 0 0.0332 9.78E-4
EPRC 0.331 0.809 1 0.378
TSE 0.0986 0.0189 5.66E-5 0.0392

r1: radius of proximal layer, r2: radius of intermediate layer, r3: radius of distal layer.