Progressing nanotechnology to improve targeted cancer treatment: overcoming hurdles in its clinical implementation

M Chehelgerdi, M Chehelgerdi, OQB Allela… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
The use of nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize the detection and treatment of
cancer. Developments in protein engineering and materials science have led to the …

Gold complexes in anticancer therapy: From new design principles to particle‐based delivery systems

G Moreno‐Alcántar, P Picchetti… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of the medicinal properties of gold complexes has fuelled the design and
synthesis of new anticancer metallodrugs, which have received special attention due to their …

Nanomaterials in tumor immunotherapy: new strategies and challenges

X Zhu, S Li - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Tumor immunotherapy exerts its anti-tumor effects by stimulating and enhancing immune
responses of the body. It has become another important modality of anti-tumor therapy with …

Multifunctional nanotheranostics for near infrared optical imaging-guided treatment of brain tumors

L Zhang, Y Liu, H Huang, H Xie, B Zhang, W Xia… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Malignant brain tumors, a heterogeneous group of primary and metastatic neoplasms in the
central nervous system (CNS), are notorious for their highly invasive and devastating …

Photodynamic therapy—an up-to-date review

AG Niculescu, AM Grumezescu - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The healing power of light has attracted interest for thousands of years. Scientific discoveries
and technological advancements in the field have eventually led to the emergence of …

Gold nanoparticles for drug delivery and cancer therapy

S Siddique, JCL Chow - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanomaterials are popularly used in drug delivery, disease diagnosis and therapy. Among a
number of functionalized nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, peptide nanostructures …

Green synthesis of gold nanoparticles using plant extracts as beneficial prospect for cancer theranostics

KK Bharadwaj, B Rabha, S Pati, T Sarkar… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been widely explored and are well-known for their
medical applications. Chemical and physical synthesis methods are a way to make AuNPs …

Organelle-targeted therapies: a comprehensive review on system design for enabling precision oncology

J Yang, A Griffin, Z Qiang, J Ren - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer is a major threat to human health. Among various treatment methods, precision
therapy has received significant attention since the inception, due to its ability to efficiently …

Recent advances in functionalized nanoparticles in cancer theranostics

S Siddique, JCL Chow - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer theranostics is the combination of diagnosis and therapeutic approaches for cancer,
which is essential in personalized cancer treatment. The aims of the theranostics application …

Recent advances in near-infrared-II hollow nanoplatforms for photothermal-based cancer treatment

L Zhang, G Oudeng, F Wen, G Liao - Biomaterials Research, 2022 - spj.science.org
Abstract Near-infrared-II (NIR-II, 1000–1700 nm) light-triggered photothermal therapy (PTT)
has been regarded as a promising candidate for cancer treatment, but PTT alone often fails …