AUTHOR=Hou Shanshan , Hasnat Muhammad , Chen Ziwei , Liu Yinong , Faran Ashraf Baig Mirza Muhammad , Liu Fuhe , Chen Zelong TITLE=Application Perspectives of Nanomedicine in Cancer Treatment JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pharmacology VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2022.909526 DOI=10.3389/fphar.2022.909526 ISSN=1663-9812 ABSTRACT=

Cancer is a disease that seriously threatens human health. Based on the improvement of traditional treatment methods and the development of new treatment modes, the pattern of cancer treatment is constantly being optimized. Nanomedicine plays an important role in these evolving tumor treatment modalities. In this article, we outline the applications of nanomedicine in three important tumor-related fields: chemotherapy, gene therapy, and immunotherapy. According to the current common problems, such as poor targeting of first-line chemotherapy drugs, easy destruction of nucleic acid drugs, and common immune-related adverse events in immunotherapy, we discuss how nanomedicine can be combined with these treatment modalities, provide typical examples, and summarize the advantages brought by the application of nanomedicine.