Abstract
Hydrogels have emerged as an unique and potential transporters for the target drug delivery systems in cancer therapy. Cancer is a terrible disease extracting toll on human health across the world probably due to several drawbacks of the conventional cancer treatments. However, hydrogels facilitate the modern and improved prospects for the treatment of cancer with minimum cytotoxic effects to the healthier cells or tissues. Besides, the easy tailoring associated with the structural features and high biocompatibility of hydrogels have attracted enough attention and offer them as a strong tool for the development of nanomedicine. This review is devoted to update the current studies related to hydrogels and their applications as vectors for cancer chemotherapy.
Keywords: Biocompatibility, cancer chemotherapy, drug delivery, hydrogels, nanomedicine.
Current Cancer Therapy Reviews
Title:Potentials of Hydrogels in Cancer Therapy
Volume: 10 Issue: 3
Author(s): Prem Prakash Sharma, Ravindra Kumar, Anil K Singh, Brajendra K Singh, Ajay Kumar and Brijesh Rathi
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Keywords: Biocompatibility, cancer chemotherapy, drug delivery, hydrogels, nanomedicine.
Abstract: Hydrogels have emerged as an unique and potential transporters for the target drug delivery systems in cancer therapy. Cancer is a terrible disease extracting toll on human health across the world probably due to several drawbacks of the conventional cancer treatments. However, hydrogels facilitate the modern and improved prospects for the treatment of cancer with minimum cytotoxic effects to the healthier cells or tissues. Besides, the easy tailoring associated with the structural features and high biocompatibility of hydrogels have attracted enough attention and offer them as a strong tool for the development of nanomedicine. This review is devoted to update the current studies related to hydrogels and their applications as vectors for cancer chemotherapy.
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Prakash Sharma Prem, Kumar Ravindra, K Singh Anil, K Singh Brajendra, Kumar Ajay and Rathi Brijesh, Potentials of Hydrogels in Cancer Therapy, Current Cancer Therapy Reviews 2014; 10 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339471003150212111617
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157339471003150212111617 |
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