Strategies to improve the EPR effect: A mechanistic perspective and clinical translation

M Ikeda-Imafuku, LLW Wang, D Rodrigues… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many efforts have been made to achieve targeted delivery of anticancer drugs to enhance
their efficacy and to reduce their adverse effects. These efforts include the development of …

Taxanes in cancer treatment: Activity, chemoresistance and its overcoming

L Mosca, A Ilari, F Fazi, YG Assaraf, G Colotti - Drug Resistance Updates, 2021 - Elsevier
Since 1984, when paclitaxel was approved by the FDA for the treatment of advanced
ovarian carcinoma, taxanes have been widely used as microtubule-targeting antitumor …

Advances in nanomaterial-based targeted drug delivery systems

X Cheng, Q Xie, Y Sun - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nanomaterial-based drug delivery systems (NBDDS) are widely used to improve the safety
and therapeutic efficacy of encapsulated drugs due to their unique physicochemical and …

Light-free generation of singlet oxygen through manganese-thiophene nanosystems for pH-responsive chemiluminescence imaging and tumor therapy

C Lu, C Zhang, P Wang, Y Zhao, Y Yang, Y Wang… - Chem, 2020 - cell.com
In chemodynamic therapy (CDT), novel chemodynamic reactions are urgently needed to
promote the generating efficiency of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and meanwhile the real …

Targeting endothelial permeability in the EPR effect

B Lahooti, RG Akwii, FT Zahra, MS Sajib… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
The characteristics of the primary tumor blood vessels and the tumor microenvironment drive
the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect, which confers an advantage towards …

Magnetite and bismuth sulfide Janus heterostructures as radiosensitizers for in vivo enhanced radiotherapy in breast cancer

H Nosrati, M Ghaffarlou, M Salehiabar… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Janus heterostructures based on bimetallic nanoparticles have emerged as effective
radiosensitizers owing to their radiosensitization capabilities in cancer cells. In this context …

Nanoparticles as smart carriers for enhanced cancer immunotherapy

N Thakur, S Thakur, S Chatterjee, J Das… - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as a promising strategy for the treatment of many
forms of cancer by stimulating body's own immune system. This therapy not only eradicates …

The promise of nanoparticles-based radiotherapy in cancer treatment

M Haque, MS Shakil, KM Mahmud - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Radiotherapy (RT) is used worldwide as a gold standard treatment
approach for cancer management. However, the RT treatment modality contains limitations …

Nanoparticles for targeted cancer radiotherapy

RM Pallares, RJ Abergel - Nano Research, 2020 - Springer
Radiotherapy, where ionizing radiation is locally delivered either through an external beam
or by surgically implanting radionuclide-based seeds in the tumor, is one of the gold …

ROS-mediated apoptosis and autophagy in ovarian cancer cells treated with peanut-shaped gold nanoparticles

E Piktel, I Ościłowska, Ł Suprewicz… - International Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Even with considerable improvement in treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer
achieved in recent years, an increasing chemotherapy resistance and disease 5-year …