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Recent Developments in Nanomedicine for Pediatric Cancer
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: Received: 17 January 2021 / Approved: 18 January 2021 / Online: 18 January 2021 (11:58:32 CET)
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Yang, S.; Wallach, M.; Krishna, A.; Kurmasheva, R.; Sridhar, S. Recent Developments in Nanomedicine for Pediatric Cancer. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 1437. Yang, S.; Wallach, M.; Krishna, A.; Kurmasheva, R.; Sridhar, S. Recent Developments in Nanomedicine for Pediatric Cancer. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 1437.
Abstract
Cancer is the second biggest cause of death in children. With the development of chemotherapy, there is a substantial increase in overall survival rate over recent 30 years. However, the overall mortality rate in children with cancer still remains 25%, and many survivors experience a decline in overall quality of life and long-term adverse effects caused by treatments. Although cancer cells share common characteristics, pediatric cancers are different from adult cancers in their prevalence, mutation load, and drug response. Therefore, there is an urgent unmet need to develop therapeutic approaches specifically designed for children with cancer. Nanotechnology can potentially overcome the deficiencies of conventional methods of administering chemotherapy and ultimately improve clinical outcomes. The nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems can decrease the toxicity of therapy, provide a sustained or controlled drug release, improve pharmacokinetic properties of loading contents, and achieve a targeted drug delivery with achievable modifications. Further, therapeutic approaches based on combining nanoformulated drugs with novel immunotherapeutic agents are emerging. In this review, we discuss the recently developed nanotechnology-based strategies for treating blood and solid pediatric cancers.
Keywords
pediatric cancer; nanoparticles; drug delivery system; liposome; leukemia; lymphoma; osteosarcoma; Ewing sarcoma; glioma; blood-brain barrier
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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