| Literature DB >> 25631684 |
Dennis B Pacardo1, Frances S Ligler, Zhen Gu.
Abstract
Recent developments in nanomedicine for the cancer therapy have enabled programmable delivery of therapeutics by exploiting the stimuli-responsive properties of nanocarriers. These therapeutic systems were designed with the relevant chemical and physical properties that respond to different triggers for enhanced anticancer efficacy, including the reduced development of drug-resistance, lower therapeutic dose, site-specific transport, and spatiotemporally controlled release. This minireview discusses the current advances in programmable nanocarriers for cancer therapy with particular emphasis on synergistic and sequential drug delivery systems.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25631684 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr07677j
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nanoscale ISSN: 2040-3364 Impact factor: 7.790