New opportunities and old challenges in the clinical translation of nanotheranostics

PJ Gawne, M Ferreira, M Papaluca, J Grimm… - Nature reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Nanoparticle-based systems imbued with both diagnostic and therapeutic functions, known
as nanotheranostics, have enabled remarkable progress in guiding focal therapy, inducing …

Smart nanomaterials in cancer theranostics: challenges and opportunities

BK Kashyap, VV Singh, MK Solanki, A Kumar… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cancer is ranked as the second leading cause of death globally. Traditional cancer
therapies including chemotherapy are flawed, with off-target and on-target toxicities on the …

[HTML][HTML] The EPR effect and beyond: Strategies to improve tumor targeting and cancer nanomedicine treatment efficacy

Y Shi, R van der Meel, X Chen, T Lammers - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Following its discovery more than 30 years ago, the enhanced permeability and retention
(EPR) effect has become the guiding principle for cancer nanomedicine development. Over …

Nanoprobe-based molecular imaging for tumor stratification

X Ma, M Mao, J He, C Liang, HY Xie - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The responses of patients to tumor therapies vary due to tumor heterogeneity. Tumor
stratification has been attracting increasing attention for accurately distinguishing between …

Chemically engineered mesoporous silica nanoparticles-based intelligent delivery systems for theranostic applications in multiple cancerous/non-cancerous diseases

S Zhou, Q Zhong, Y Wang, P Hu, W Zhong… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the unprecedented advances of biomedical nanotechnology have spurred
the development of drug delivery systems (DDSs) based on multifarious nanomaterials in …

Tumor microenvironment-tailored nanoplatform for companion diagnostic applications of precise cancer therapy

C Lu, Z Li, N Wu, D Lu, XB Zhang, G Song - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Acidity-stimulated platforms have the potential to improve the specificity of cancer imaging
and therapy within the tumor microenvironment (pH 6.5–6.8). However, avoiding non …

[HTML][HTML] The past, present, and future of breast cancer models for nanomedicine development

P Boix-Montesinos, PM Soriano-Teruel… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Even given recent advances in nanomedicine development of breast cancer treatment in
recent years and promising results in pre-clinical models, cancer nanomedicines often fail at …

[HTML][HTML] Current update on nanoplatforms as therapeutic and diagnostic tools: A review for the materials used as nanotheranostics and imaging modalities

PI Siafaka, NÜ Okur, ID Karantas, ME Okur… - Asian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decade, the use of nanotheranostics as emerging diagnostic and therapeutic tools
for various diseases, especially cancer, is held great attention. Up to date, several …

[HTML][HTML] Multifunctional NP-doped carbon dots for regulation of apoptosis and autophagy in B16F10 melanoma cancer cells and in vitro imaging applications

VK Bajpai, I Khan, S Shukla, SM Kang, F Aziz… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: The present study reports the multifunctional anticancer activity against B16F10
melanoma cancer cells and the bioimaging ability of fluorescent nitrogen-phosphorous …

Monitoring EPR effect dynamics during nanotaxane treatment with theranostic polymeric micelles

I Biancacci, F De Lorenzi, B Theek, X Bai… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer nanomedicines rely on the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect for
efficient target site accumulation. The EPR effect, however, is highly heterogeneous among …