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Adding Nanotechnology to the Metastasis Treatment Arsenal.

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Authors

Banerjee, Debarshi 
Cieslar-Pobuda, Artur 
Zhu, Geyunjian Harry 
Wiechec, Emilia 
Patra, Hirak K 

Abstract

Metastasis is a major cause of cancer-related mortality, accounting for 90% of cancer deaths. The explosive growth of cancer biology research has revealed new mechanistic network information and pathways that promote metastasis. Consequently, a large number of antitumor agents have been developed and tested for their antimetastatic efficacy. Despite their exciting cytotoxic effects on tumor cells in vitro and antitumor activities in preclinical studies in vivo, only a few have shown potent antimetastatic activities in clinical trials. In this review, we provide a brief overview of current antimetastatic strategies that show clinical efficacy and review nanotechnology-based approaches that are currently being incorporated into these therapies to mitigate challenges associated with treating cancer metastasis.

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chemotherapy, clinical trials, metastasis, nanomedicine, nanotechnology, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Clinical Trials as Topic, Humans, Micelles, Nanomedicine, Nanoparticles, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasms, Neoplastic Cells, Circulating, Neovascularization, Pathologic

Journal Title

Trends Pharmacol Sci

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Journal ISSN

0165-6147
1873-3735

Volume Title

40

Publisher

Elsevier BV

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European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Marie Sk?odowska-Curie actions (706694)