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Review
. 2024 Feb 2;2(2):132-134.
doi: 10.1016/j.cpt.2024.01.003. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Self-healing hydrogels for enhancing chemotherapy drug efficacy: Advancements in anti-sarcoma and carcinoma therapies and clinical trial feasibility

Luc Taylor  1
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Review

Self-healing hydrogels for enhancing chemotherapy drug efficacy: Advancements in anti-sarcoma and carcinoma therapies and clinical trial feasibility

Luc Taylor. Cancer Pathog Ther. .

Abstract

•Site-specific administration is key for optimizing anticancer drug administration; self-healing hydrogels may allow this at reasonable costs and reproducibility.•Self-healing hydrogels have several real-world therapeutic applications, including drug administration.•Self-healing hydrogels are yet to be utilized for chemotherapy drug administration in clinical trials.•Clinical research on using self-healing hydrogels in anticancer therapeutics is feasible and valid compared to other advances in anticancer drug administration.

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