Polymers: Application in Cancer Nanotheranostics, Especially Drug Delivery
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 February 2024) | Viewed by 3320
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanoparticles; breast cancer; nanocarriers; radiobiology; photothermal therapy; particle therapy; magnetic hyperthermia; radiation safety; non-ionizing radiation
Interests: stem cell therapy; cell transplantation; in vivo imaging; neuro-regeneration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
It is a great pleasure to present this Special Issue, "Polymers: Application in cancer nanotheranostics, especially drug delivery", which will allow polymer researchers to submit research papers and reviews on this topic.
Nanotheranostic platforms using different nanoparticles to perform diagnostics and treatment have become a potential approach for future cancer management. The coating of nanoparticles with polymers seems essential to serve nanoparticles’ biocompatibility and drug-loading properties. We also aim to show the critical role of polymers in drug delivery systems as a cancer therapeutic strategy. Other therapeutic approaches can include magnetic hyperthermia, radiation therapy, and photothermal therapy using polymeric nanoparticles.
This Special Issue of Polymers is dedicated to the applications of polymers in cancer nanotheranostics, especially drug delivery. We invite researchers to submit papers aiming at the development of nanoparticles using polymers in cancer diagnostics, such as Raman spectroscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, magnetic particle imaging, and therapeutics. The submission of subdiscipline-specific reviews is also welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Marzieh Salimi
Dr. Shreyas Kuddannaya
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymers
- nanoparticles
- cancer
- therapeutics
- diagnostics
- drug delivery
- theranostics
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