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Polymer-Based Nanocarriers for Co-Delivery and Combination of Diverse Therapies against Cancers

Cancer gives rise to an enormous number of deaths worldwide nowadays. Therefore, it is in urgent need to develop new therapies, among which combined therapies including photothermal therapy (PTT) and chemotherapy (CHT) using polymer-based nanocarriers have attracted enormous interest due to the sign...

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Autores principales: Yan, Guowen, Li, Aihua, Zhang, Aitang, Sun, Yong, Liu, Jingquan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29401694
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano8020085
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author Yan, Guowen
Li, Aihua
Zhang, Aitang
Sun, Yong
Liu, Jingquan
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Zhang, Aitang
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description Cancer gives rise to an enormous number of deaths worldwide nowadays. Therefore, it is in urgent need to develop new therapies, among which combined therapies including photothermal therapy (PTT) and chemotherapy (CHT) using polymer-based nanocarriers have attracted enormous interest due to the significantly enhanced efficacy and great progress has been made so far. The preparation of such nanocarriers is a comprehensive task involving the cooperation of nanomaterial science and biomedicine science. In this review, we try to introduce and analyze the structure, preparation and synergistic therapeutic effect of various polymer-based nanocarriers composed of anti-tumor drugs, nano-sized photothermal materials and other possible parts. Our effort may bring benefit to future exploration and potential applications of similar nanocarriers.
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spelling pubmed-58537172018-03-16 Polymer-Based Nanocarriers for Co-Delivery and Combination of Diverse Therapies against Cancers Yan, Guowen Li, Aihua Zhang, Aitang Sun, Yong Liu, Jingquan Nanomaterials (Basel) Article Cancer gives rise to an enormous number of deaths worldwide nowadays. Therefore, it is in urgent need to develop new therapies, among which combined therapies including photothermal therapy (PTT) and chemotherapy (CHT) using polymer-based nanocarriers have attracted enormous interest due to the significantly enhanced efficacy and great progress has been made so far. The preparation of such nanocarriers is a comprehensive task involving the cooperation of nanomaterial science and biomedicine science. In this review, we try to introduce and analyze the structure, preparation and synergistic therapeutic effect of various polymer-based nanocarriers composed of anti-tumor drugs, nano-sized photothermal materials and other possible parts. Our effort may bring benefit to future exploration and potential applications of similar nanocarriers. MDPI 2018-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5853717/ /pubmed/29401694 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano8020085 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Yan, Guowen
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Polymer-Based Nanocarriers for Co-Delivery and Combination of Diverse Therapies against Cancers
title Polymer-Based Nanocarriers for Co-Delivery and Combination of Diverse Therapies against Cancers
title_full Polymer-Based Nanocarriers for Co-Delivery and Combination of Diverse Therapies against Cancers
title_fullStr Polymer-Based Nanocarriers for Co-Delivery and Combination of Diverse Therapies against Cancers
title_full_unstemmed Polymer-Based Nanocarriers for Co-Delivery and Combination of Diverse Therapies against Cancers
title_short Polymer-Based Nanocarriers for Co-Delivery and Combination of Diverse Therapies against Cancers
title_sort polymer-based nanocarriers for co-delivery and combination of diverse therapies against cancers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29401694
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano8020085
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