Targeted Therapies for Cancer
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Biology and Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2022) | Viewed by 55171
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neuroblastoma; targeted therapy; liposomes; precision medicine for cancer; tumor microenvironment; macrophages and cancer
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Interests: neuroblastoma; precision medicine; PDXs; liposomes; targeted therapy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Standard of care treatments are based on conventional chemotherapy, which is accompanied by severe and dose-limiting side effects as well as acquired drug resistance. This has prompted research efforts towards more tumor-selective treatment strategies.
Over the last two decades, new insights into the biology and the signaling pathways of tumor cells and cells of the tumor microenvironment involved in tumor growth and spread led to the development of so-called targeted therapies. Their cornerstone is represented by the identification of specific molecular and cellular targets, endowed with a pivotal role in cell growth and survival, useful for cancer diagnosis and actionable in anti-tumor strategies. To date, several targeted therapies have been developed and many of them have been recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating different types of cancer. At present, the most commonly investigated targeted therapies are based on the use of small-molecule inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies and immunotoxins. In this context, nano-delivery systems can be also easily included among the cell-targeted therapies. Indeed, they exploit the presence of tumor-associated antigens on the surfaces of tumor cells and cells of the tumor microenvironment, to specifically deliver their payload (e.g., chemotherapeutics, small-molecule inhibitors, siRNA) to diseased tissues, while reducing healthy organs’ uptake.
This Special Issue aims to publish original and/or review articles covering the state of the art and future perspectives of targeted therapies in cancer treatment.
Dr. Chiara Brignole
Dr. Fabio Pastorino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cancer
- targeted therapies
- tumor-associated antigens
- monoclonal antibodies
- small molecule inhibitors
- immunotoxins
- targeted nano-delivery systems
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