摘要 |
Pro-cytotoxic drug conjugates for anticancer therapy comprising a homing agent first moiety, a spacer molecule second moiety covalently linked to the homing agent, and a third moiety covalently linked to the second moiety consisting of a pro-cytotoxic drug that is non-toxic extracellularly but that, after internalization of the conjugate by proliferating tumor cells, is metabolized by one or more endogenous intracellular enzymes to a cytotoxic metabolic product, so that cell growth is arrested or the cells killed. Preferred pro-cytotoxic drugs are carboxyphosphamide or carboxyisophosphamide.
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