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Review
. 2021 Sep 16:11:758143.
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.758143. eCollection 2021.

Advanced Nano-Carriers for Anti-Tumor Drug Loading

Jia Xiang  1 , Rui Zhao  1 , Bo Wang  1 , Xinran Sun  1 , Xu Guo  1 , Songwen Tan  1 , Wenjie Liu  1
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Advanced Nano-Carriers for Anti-Tumor Drug Loading

Jia Xiang et al. Front Oncol. .

Abstract

Chemotherapy is one of the important means of tumor therapy. However, most of the anti-tumor drugs that currently used in clinic are hydrophobic non-specific drugs, which seriously affect the efficacy of drugs. With the development of nanotechnology, drug efficacy can be improved by selecting appropriate biodegradable nanocarriers for achieving the controlled release, targeting and higher bioavailability of drugs. This paper reviewed the research progress of anti-tumor drug nanoparticle carriers, which mainly summarized the materials used for anti-tumor drug nanoparticle carriers and their effects in anti-tumor drugs, as well as the targeted drug delivery methods of anti-tumor drugs based on nanocarriers.

Keywords: antitumor drug; cancer; chemotherapy; nano drug carrier; targeted transportation.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The handling editor declared a shared affiliation, though no other collaboration with the authors at the time of the review.

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