AUTHOR=Price Paige M. , Mahmoud Waleed E. , Al-Ghamdi Ahmed A. , Bronstein Lyudmila M. 

TITLE=Magnetic Drug Delivery: Where the Field Is Going

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry

VOLUME=6

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2018.00619

DOI=10.3389/fchem.2018.00619

ISSN=2296-2646

ABSTRACT=<p>Targeted delivery of anticancer drugs is considered to be one of the pillars of cancer treatment as it could allow for a better treatment efficiency and less adverse effects. A promising drug delivery approach is magnetic drug targeting which can be realized if a drug delivery vehicle possesses a strong magnetic moment. Here, we discuss different types of magnetic nanomaterials which can be used as magnetic drug delivery vehicles, approaches to magnetic targeted delivery as well as promising strategies for the enhancement of the imaging-guided delivery and the therapeutic action.</p>