Transport of drugs from blood vessels to tumour tissue

MW Dewhirst, TW Secomb - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
The effectiveness of anticancer drugs in treating a solid tumour is dependent on delivery of
the drug to virtually all cancer cells in the tumour. The distribution of drug in tumour tissue …

To heat or not to heat: Challenges with clinical translation of thermosensitive liposomes

Y Dou, K Hynynen, C Allen - Journal of controlled release, 2017 - Elsevier
Thermosensitive liposomes have been put forward as a strategy to improve upon the limited
tumor drug availability associated with conventional non-thermosensitive liposomes …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound hyperthermia mediated drug delivery using thermosensitive liposomes and visualized with in vivo two-photon microscopy

MA Santos, DE Goertz, K Hynynen - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The future of nanomedicines in oncology requires leveraging more than just the passive
drug accumulation in tumors through the enhanced permeability and retention effect …

Highlights in nanocarriers for the treatment against cervical cancer

KP Medina-Alarcón, AR Voltan… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer is the second most common malignant tumor in women worldwide and has
a high mortality rate, especially when it is associated with human papillomavirus (HPV). In …

Possible role of nanocarriers in drug delivery against cervical cancer

S Gupta, MK Gupta - Nano reviews & experiments, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer and the largest cancer
killer among women in most developing countries including India. Although, various drugs …

Significant radiation enhancement effects by gold nanoparticles in combination with cisplatin in triple negative breast cancer cells and tumor xenografts

L Cui, S Her, M Dunne, GR Borst… - Radiation …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and cisplatin have been explored in concomitant
chemoradiotherapy, wherein they elicit their effects by distinct and overlapping mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] State of the art of stimuli-responsive liposomes for cancer therapy

E Heidarli, S Dadashzadeh, A Haeri - Iranian journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Specific delivery of therapeutic agents to solid tumors and their bioavailability at the target
site are the most clinically important and challenging goals in cancer therapy. Liposomes …

Thermosensitive nanomedicines could revolutionize thermal therapy in oncology

M Dunne, K Hynynen, C Allen - Nano Today, 2017 - Elsevier
Technologies that enable thermal therapy treatments are now clinically viable and most
ongoing hyperthermia clinical trials in oncology incorporate chemotherapy. Given the …

Therapeutic efficacy of cisplatin thermosensitive liposomes upon mild hyperthermia in C26 tumor bearing BALB/c mice

SH Alavizadeh, F Gheybi, AR Nikpoor… - Molecular …, 2017 - ACS Publications
This study reports on the activity of thermosensitive liposomes (TSLs) incorporating different
HSPC ratios in DPPC/MSPC/PEG2000-DSPE matrix (90/10/4) plus mild hyperthermia …

Tumor microenvironment determines response to a heat-activated thermosensitive liposome formulation of cisplatin in cervical carcinoma

YN Dou, N Chaudary, MC Chang, M Dunne… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
Significant heterogeneity in the tumor microenvironment of human cervical cancer patients is
known to challenge treatment outcomes in this population. The current standard of care for …