期刊
CURRENT ONCOLOGY
卷 29, 期 11, 页码 8846-8861出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/curroncol29110696
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focused chemotherapy; brain tumors; drug delivery
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Chemotherapy has not significantly improved outcomes for aggressive brain tumors due to poor blood brain barrier penetration and tumor heterogeneity. However, recent advancements in focused chemotherapies, such as nanoparticle delivery, convection-enhanced delivery, and focused ultrasound, show promising potential for improving therapeutic efficacy. Clinical trials are currently underway to study the safety and effectiveness of these methods in combination with standard of care.
Chemotherapy as an adjuvant therapy that has largely failed to significantly improve outcomes for aggressive brain tumors; some reasons include a weak blood brain barrier penetration and tumor heterogeneity. Recently, there has been interest in designing effective ways to deliver chemotherapy to the tumor. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms of focused chemotherapies that are currently under investigation. Nanoparticle delivery demonstrates both a superior permeability and retention. However, thus far, it has not demonstrated a therapeutic efficacy for brain tumors. Convection-enhanced delivery is an invasive, yet versatile method, which appears to have the greatest potential. Other vehicles, such as angiopep-2 decorated gold nanoparticles, polyamidoamine dendrimers, and lipid nanostructures have demonstrated efficacy through sustained release of focused chemotherapy and have either improved cell death or survival in humans or animal models. Finally, focused ultrasound is a safe and effective way to disrupt the blood brain barrier and augment other delivery methods. Clinical trials are currently underway to study the safety and efficacy of these methods in combination with standard of care.
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