Combination of Targeted Radiotherapy with Other Therapeutic Modalities for Cancer Treatment
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Targeting and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2024) | Viewed by 1140
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Interests: nanomedicine; radiochemistry; theranostics; molecular imaging; targeted therapy
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Dear Colleagues,
Cancer is a complex disease that requires a multifaceted approach to treatment. Targeted radiotherapy has emerged as a promising therapeutic modality for cancer treatment, as it selectively delivers radiation to cancer cells while minimizing damage to healthy tissues; however, the use of targeted radiotherapy alone may not always provide sufficient efficacy in controlling the disease. Thus, the combination of targeted radiotherapy with other therapeutic modalities has gained increasing attention in recent years.
This Special Issue in Pharmaceutics focuses on the combination of targeted radiotherapy with other therapeutic modalities for cancer treatment, including, but not limited to, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, phototherapies, and thermal therapies. This Special Issue aims to highlight the potential of these combination therapies in improving treatment efficacy, reducing toxicity, and overcoming treatment resistance. One promising approach to combining targeted radiotherapy with other therapeutic modalities involves the use of multifunctional nanoparticles. These nanoparticles can be designed to carry both therapeutic and diagnostic payloads, allowing for the targeted delivery of multiple therapies to cancer cells while minimizing damage to healthy tissues.
The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive overview of the latest possibilities for the combination of radiotherapy with other therapeutic modalities for cancer treatment, particularly in the context of multifunctional nanoparticles. This Special Issue seeks original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies that investigate the combinatorial therapy approach.
Dr. Nisarg Soni
Dr. Swarbhanu Sarkar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- targeted radionuclide therapy
- multimodal nanoparticles
- cancer
- personalized medicine
- theranostics
- nanomedicine
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