The constant search for successful cancer therapies lasts for decades. Apart from the huge
scientific effort and enormous sum of spent money, only a small amount of newly developed …

While cancer remains a major killer in the developed world, a broad spectrum of novel and
exciting approaches are being developed and tested. The importance of metal compounds …

Conclusion We very much appreciated working with all the authors noted above on
assembling this special issue and we hope that you enjoy reading their excellent …

Guest editors Enzo Alessio and Zijian Guo present an overview of the topics reported in the
papers of this issue, listing the general trends that dominate the field of metal anticancer …

Cancer diagnostics and therapy that include metal-based pharmaceuticals have improved
over the past decades. The therapeutic importance and application of metals and their …

In the past, metal-based compounds were widely used in the treatment of disease
conditions, but the lack of clear distinction between the therapeutic and toxic doses was a …

Medicinal inorganic chemistry can exploit the unique properties of metal ions for the design
of new drugs. This has, for instance, led to the clinical application of chemotherapeutic …

Metal complexes have been the subject of numerous investigations in oncology but, despite
the plethora of newly synthesized compounds, their precise mechanisms of action remain …

Cancer continues to be one of the major causes of death worldwide. Despite many
advances in the understanding of this complex disease, new approaches are needed to …

Metal-based complexes have demonstrated significant anticancer effects and have emerged
as candidates with great potential for cancer therapy. These agents are effective in a variety …