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Site-Specific Vesicular Drug Delivery System for Skin Cancer: A Novel Approach for Targeting

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GELS
卷 7, 期 4, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/gels7040218

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skin cancer; vesicular drug delivery system; nanogels

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  1. International Medical University, from IRDI

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Skin cancer is a significant public health issue with increasing prevalence and mortality rates, requiring the development of effective and safe treatment options. Research focuses on understanding the biological barriers in skin cancer therapeutics for optimal formulation development. Various vesicular drug delivery systems, such as liposomes and niosomes, show promise in delivering chemotherapeutics for skin cancer treatment, offering targeted drug delivery and minimizing systemic toxicity.
Skin cancer, one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide, has demonstrated an alarming increase in prevalence and mortality. Hence, it is a public health issue and a high burden of disease, contributing to the economic burden in its treatment. There are multiple treatment options available for skin cancer, ranging from chemotherapy to surgery. However, these conventional treatment modalities possess several limitations, urging the need for the development of an effective and safe treatment for skin cancer that could provide targeted drug delivery and site-specific tumor penetration and minimize unwanted systemic toxicity. Therefore, it is vital to understand the critical biological barriers involved in skin cancer therapeutics for the optimal development of the formulations. Various nanocarriers for targeted delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs have been developed and extensively studied to overcome the limitations faced by topical conventional dosage forms. A site-specific vesicular drug delivery system appears to be an attractive strategy in topical drug delivery for the treatment of skin malignancies. In this review, vesicular drug delivery systems, including liposomes, niosomes, ethosomes, and transfersomes in developing novel drug delivery for skin cancer therapeutics, are discussed. Firstly, the prevalence statistics, current treatments, and limitations of convention dosage form for skin cancer treatment are discussed. Then, the common type of nanocarriers involved in the research for skin cancer treatment are summarized. Lastly, the utilization of vesicular drug delivery systems in delivering chemotherapeutics is reviewed and discussed, along with their beneficial aspects over other nanocarriers, safety concerns, and clinical aspects against skin cancer treatment.

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