Advances in Biomaterials for Cancer Therapy
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Cancer Therapies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2026 | Viewed by 20
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer therapy; drug resistance; microenvironment; drug delivery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer therapy continues to face critical challenges, including insufficient therapeutic effeciency, systemic toxicity, tumor heterogeneity, and the emergence of treatment resistance, which substantially limit clinical outcomes. Advanced biomaterials have provided powerful strategies to address these challenges by enabling precise drug delivery, stimulus-responsive release, tumor microenvironment adjustment, and synergistic integration of multiple therapeutic modalities. In recent years, a broad spectrum of advanced materials, which including functional polymers, inorganic and hybrid nanomaterials have been developed to improve therapeutic efficacy and safety in cancer treatment, thereby accelerating the paradigm shift toward personalized and precision oncology.
This Special Issue, “Advances in Biomaterials for Cancer Therapy,” aims to provide a timely platform for disseminating recent progress in the design, characterization, and biomedical application of advanced materials for cancer treatment. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, multifunctional drug delivery systems, biomaterials for immunotherapy and gene therapy, tumor microenvironment–responsive materials, and translational studies bridging material innovation with clinical relevance.
This Special Issue will comprise significant contributions from scholars in the field of biomaterials for cancer therapy, presenting a comprehensive collection of the latest findings; thus, we encourage the submission of high-quality original research articles, short communications, and review papers.
Dr. Tianjiao Zeng
Dr. Huajian Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cancer therapy
- drug delivery
- biomechanics
- tissue engineering
- in vitro and in vivo model
- tumor microenvironment
- cancer drug resistance
- biomedical devices
- 3D culture
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