Ultrasound-mediated nano drug delivery for treating cancer: Fundamental physics to future directions

FM Kashkooli, A Jakhmola, TK Hornsby… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of biocompatible nanocarriers in medicine has provided several benefits
over conventional treatment methods. However, achieving high treatment efficacy and deep …

Mechanisms of drug release in nanotherapeutic delivery systems

PT Wong, SK Choi - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Targeted drug delivery refers to an established therapeutic strategy that develops platforms
and nanoscale devices for selective delivery of small drug molecules and therapeutic genes …

Future perspectives and recent advances in stimuli-responsive materials

D Roy, JN Cambre, BS Sumerlin - Progress in Polymer Science, 2010 - Elsevier
Interest in stimuli-responsive polymers has persisted over many decades, and a great deal
of work has been dedicated to developing environmentally sensitive macromolecules that …

Polymeric micelles in anticancer therapy: targeting, imaging and triggered release

C Oerlemans, W Bult, M Bos, G Storm… - Pharmaceutical …, 2010 - Springer
Micelles are colloidal particles with a size around 5–100 nm which are currently under
investigation as carriers for hydrophobic drugs in anticancer therapy. Currently, five micellar …

Ultrasound-responsive nanocarriers in cancer treatment: A review

NS Awad, V Paul, NM AlSawaftah… - ACS Pharmacology & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The safe and effective delivery of anticancer agents to diseased tissues is one of the
significant challenges in cancer therapy. Conventional anticancer agents are generally …

Drug delivery by ultrasound-responsive nanocarriers for cancer treatment

K Entzian, A Aigner - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Conventional cancer chemotherapies often exhibit insufficient therapeutic outcomes and
dose-limiting toxicity. Therefore, there is a need for novel therapeutics and formulations with …

[HTML][HTML] Imaging and cancer: a review

L Fass - Molecular oncology, 2008 - Elsevier
Multiple biomedical imaging techniques are used in all phases of cancer management.
Imaging forms an essential part of cancer clinical protocols and is able to furnish …

Healing sound: the use of ultrasound in drug delivery and other therapeutic applications

S Mitragotri - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2005 - nature.com
Ultrasound, which is routinely used for diagnostic imaging applications, is now being
adopted in various drug delivery and other therapeutic applications. Ultrasound has been …

Silk fibroin as a vehicle for drug delivery applications

E Wenk, HP Merkle, L Meinel - Journal of controlled release, 2011 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF), a naturally occurring protein polymer, has several unique properties making
it a favorable matrix for the incorporation and delivery of a range of therapeutic agents. SF is …

Role of nanotechnology in targeted drug delivery and imaging: a concise review

OM Koo, I Rubinstein, H Onyuksel - … : nanotechnology, biology and …, 2005 - Elsevier
The use of nanotechnology in drug delivery and imaging in vivo is a rapidly expanding field.
The emphases of this review are on biophysical attributes of the drug delivery and imaging …