Fig. 7.
Antitumor efficacy of HPPDC nanoparticles in MCF-7/ADR tumor-bearing mice. a Picture of the tumors removed from the mice with treatments of normal saline (the control), free CXB, free DOX, HPPD nanoparticles, DOX/CXB mixture, PPDC nanocores, and HPPDC nanoparticles. b Tumor growth curves of the mice with various treatments. c Body weight changes in the mice with various treatments. d H&E stained microscopical images of the major organs and tumors removed from the mice after various treatments. ** indicates P < 0.01 compared to the control; # indicates P < 0.05 for comparison between two treatment groups