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Current Drug Delivery

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ISSN (Print): 1567-2018
ISSN (Online): 1875-5704

Nanomedicines Based Drug Delivery Systems for Anti-Cancer Targeting and Treatment

Author(s): Vikas Jain, Shikha Jain and S.C. Mahajan

Volume 12, Issue 2, 2015

Page: [177 - 191] Pages: 15

DOI: 10.2174/1567201811666140822112516

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Abstract

Cancer is defined as an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. Current treatment strategies for cancer include combination of radiation, chemotherapy and surgery. The long-term use of conventional drug delivery systems for cancer chemotherapy leads to fatal damage of normal proliferate cells and this is particularly used for the management of solid tumors, where utmost tumor cells are not invaded quickly. A targeted drug delivery system (TDDS) is a system, which releases the drug at a preselected biosite in a controlled manner. Nanotechnology based delivery systems are making a significant impact on cancer treatment and the polymers play key role in the development of nanopraticlulate carriers for cancer therapy. Some important technological advantages of nanotherapeutic drug delivery systems (NDDS) include prolonged half-life, improved bio-distribution, increased circulation time of the drug, controlled and sustained release of the drug, versatility of route of administration, increased intercellular concentration of drug and many more. This review covers the current research on polymer based anticancer agents, the rationale for development of these polymer therapeutical systems and discusses the benefits and challenges of cancer nanomedicines including polymer-drug conjugates, micelles, dendrimers, immunoconjugates, liposomes, nanoparticles.

Keywords: Chemotherapy, immunoconjugates, nanotechnology, polymers, polymer therapeutics.

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