Review of the “state of the art” and possibilities of the most significant approaches to the specific delivery of chemotherapy agents to tumor cells

Authors

  • E Sáez-Fernández Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica. Facultad de Farmacia. Universidad de Granada, Granada España
  • MA Ruiz Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica. Facultad de Farmacia. Universidad de Granada, Granada España
  • A López-Ruiz Grupo de Investigación de Atención Farmacéutica. Facultad de Farmacia. Universidad de Granada, Granada. España.
  • JL Arias Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica. Facultad de Farmacia. Universidad de Granada, Granada España

Keywords:

Active Drug Targeting, Antitumor Drug, Cancer, Magnetic Colloid, Nanomedicine, Nanoparticle, Passive Drug Targeting

Abstract

The main problems related to chemotherapy mainly come from a relative lack of selectivity, that isassociated to the extensive biodistribution of antitumor molecules, and to the severe side effectsgenerated by the unspecific drug action on healthy tissues and organs. The need of finding outefficient treatments against cancer has led to an enhancement in the number of research lines in thefield. In this way, one of the most promising approaches is the development of biodegradable colloidsfor the delivery of antitumor drugs. Thanks to them, it is possible to specifically concentrate the druginto the site of action. Therefore, a significant improvement of the chemotherapy effect is obtainedalong with a minimization of the related adverse side effects. In this review, we analyze the current“state of the art” in the development of colloidal systems for the efficient delivery of anticancerdrugs. The possibilities of novel drug delivery strategies based on passive and active targetingmechanisms are also discussed.

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2010-09-20

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Sáez-Fernández E, Ruiz M, López-Ruiz A, Arias J. Review of the “state of the art” and possibilities of the most significant approaches to the specific delivery of chemotherapy agents to tumor cells. Ars Pharm [Internet]. 2010 Sep. 20 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];51(3):121-35. Available from: https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ars/article/view/4855

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