A review on chitosan nanoparticles for cancer treatment
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چکیده
Cancer remains one of the dreadful disease still today. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery are effective treatments available for treatment of cancer but have serious side effects. Due to advancement in nanomedicine, several drug carriers have became popular. But chitosan for anticancer drug delivery has became popular due to its easy availability, less cyototoxicity and biodegradability. Research has been done on chitosan as a carrier of several anticancer drugs. This review article covers introduction, methods of preparation of chitosan nanoparticles, characteristics of chitosan nanoparticles and various anticancer drug encapsulated in chitosan nanoparticles. © 2014 Universal Research Publications. All rights reserved
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