Research progress of nano delivery system in breast cancer treatment / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that seriously threatens women’s health at present. Although surgical treatment is the most direct and effective， it is limited by many factors and needs to be assisted by other treatments. In addition to conventional radiotherapy， these adjuvant therapies also include chemotherapy， gene therapy， phototherapy and so on. However， the therapeutic agents used in these treatment methods have some limitations， such as poor water-solubility， instability and targeting. With the development of nano-technology， more and more researchers construct and study nano delivery system for breast tumor treatment， such as response system designed based on tumor microenvironment， temperature sensitive response system， nano delivery system based on specific proteins of tumor cell membrane， etc. The author summarizes the nano delivery system， and finds that these nano delivery systems can not only improve the water-solubility and stability of the therapeutic agents， but also accurately deliver them to the breast tumor site by targeted means， improve the efficacy and reduce toxic side effects， which provides new ideas for the treatment of breast cancer in the future.