The exciting potential of nanotherapy in brain-tumor targeted drug delivery approaches

The exciting potential of nanotherapy in brain-tumor targeted drug delivery approaches

Introduction According to the National Brain Tumor Society, in 2016, approximately 688,096 Americans are living with a brain-tumor (http://braintumor.org/brain-tumor-information/brain-tumor-facts/). It is estimated that approximately 78,000 will be diagnosed, and 16,616 people will die from malignant brain-tumors in 2016. Brain-tumor is challenging to cure and therapy is limited by the lack of ...

Brain tumor-targeted drug delivery strategies

Despite the application of aggressive surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in clinics, brain tumors are still a difficult health challenge due to their fast development and poor prognosis. Brain tumor-targeted drug delivery systems, which increase drug accumulation in the tumor region and reduce toxicity in normal brain and peripheral tissue, are a promising new approach to brain tumor treatm...

Advances in Targeted Drug Delivery

Advances in Targeted Drug Delivery

Brain Cancer: Implication to Disease, Therapeutic Strategies and Tumor Targeted Drug Delivery Approaches.

BACKGROUND Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Brain cancer is identified as one of the most formidable forms of cancer due to several hurdles posed by the anatomy and physiology of the brain on the therapeutic strategies employed for treating brain cancer. Poor prognosis and high relapse rate further aggravate the situation leading to the high mortality ra...