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PHARMACEUTICS
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14020435
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metal-based nanoparticles; nanomedicine; metallic anticancer agents; cancer therapy; drug delivery; hyperthermia; radiotherapy; phototherapy; combined cancer therapies
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Nanomedicine offers solutions for biomedical applications such as cancer therapy, with metal-based nanoparticles being frequently employed.
Cancer continues to represent a global health concern, imposing an ongoing need to research for better treatment alternatives. In this context, nanomedicine seems to be the solution to existing problems, bringing unprecedented results in various biomedical applications, including cancer therapy, diagnosing, and imaging. As numerous studies have uncovered the advantageous properties of various nanoscale metals, this review aims to present metal-based nanoparticles that are most frequently employed for cancer applications. This paper follows the description of relevant nanoparticles made of metals, metal derivatives, hybrids, and alloys, further discussing in more detail their potential applications in cancer management, ranging from the delivery of chemotherapeutics, vaccines, and genes to ablative hyperthermia therapies and theranostic platforms.
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