Nanotechnology-based combinational drug delivery: an emerging approach for cancer therapy

P Parhi, C Mohanty, SK Sahoo - Drug discovery today, 2012 - Elsevier
Combination therapy for the treatment of cancer is becoming more popular because it
generates synergistic anticancer effects, reduces individual drug-related toxicity and …

Combination therapy: opportunities and challenges for polymer–drug conjugates as anticancer nanomedicines

F Greco, MJ Vicent - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
The discovery of new molecular targets and the subsequent development of novel
anticancer agents are opening new possibilities for drug combination therapy as anticancer …

Polymeric nanoparticles with precise ratiometric control over drug loading for combination therapy

S Aryal, CMJ Hu, L Zhang - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report a novel approach for nanoparticle-based combination chemotherapy by
concurrently incorporating two different types of drugs into a single polymeric nanoparticle …

Klotho: a novel biomarker for cancer

X Zhou, X Wang - Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The Klotho gene was originally identified as an anti-aging gene in
1997. Recent studies have demonstrated aberrant expression of Klotho in a number of …

[HTML][HTML] Should progression-free survival be the primary measure of efficacy for advanced NSCLC therapy?

JC Soria, C Massard, T Le Chevalier - Annals of Oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a leading cause of malignancy-related mortality in
the Western world. Despite advances in early detection and standard treatment, NSCLC is …

[HTML][HTML] Use of nanotechnology to develop multi-drug inhibitors for cancer therapy

R Gowda, NR Jones, S Banerjee… - … of nanomedicine & …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Therapeutic agents that inhibit a single target often cannot combat a multifactorial disease
such as cancer. Thus, multi-target inhibitors (MTIs) are needed to circumvent complications …

MicroRNA let-7a Inhibits the Proliferation and Invasion of Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Cell Line 95D by Regulating K-Ras and HMGA2 Gene Expression

Y Wang, T Ren, Y Cai, X He - Cancer Biotherapy and …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
MicroRNAs are closely linked to tumor metastasis and let-7a may play a role in inhibiting the
proliferation, invasion, and metastasis of lung cancer. In vitro, we aim to observe the impact …

Nanoparticle drug delivery enhances the cytotoxicity of hydrophobic–hydrophilic drug conjugates

S Aryal, CMJ Hu, V Fu, L Zhang - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a drug conjugation approach to concurrently load both hydrophobic and
hydrophilic drugs into the same drug delivery nanocarrier in a precisely controllable manner …

Comparing the efficacy of concurrent EGFR-TKI and whole-brain radiotherapy vs EGFR-TKI alone as a first-line therapy for advanced EGFR-mutated non-small-cell …

ZY He, MF Li, JH Lin, D Lin, RJ Lin - Cancer management and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a global public health problem, and
brain is a common metastatic site in advanced NSCLC. Currently, whole-brain radiotherapy …

Multifunctional nanocarriers for simultaneous encapsulation of hydrophobic and hydrophilic drugs in cancer treatment

CW Su, CS Chiang, WM Li, SH Hu, SY Chen - Nanomedicine, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Combination therapy for cancer patients is an important standard of care protocol because it
can elicit synergistic therapeutic effects and reduce systemic toxicity by simultaneously …