Title:Theranostic Nanoparticles for Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Volume: 21
Issue: 2
Author(s): Leela R. Jaidev*, Laxmi S. Chede and Hemanth K. Kandikattu
Affiliation:
- College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, 52246, Iowa,United States
Keywords:
Theranostics, pancreatic cancer, nanoparticles, chemotherapy, imaging, magnetic hyperthermia, combinatorial
treatment and 3D pancreatic cancer.
Abstract: Pancreatic cancer is one of the low vascular permeable tumors with a high mortality rate.
The five-year survival period is ~5%. The field of drug delivery is at its pace in developing unique
drug delivery carriers to treat high mortality rate cancers such as pancreatic cancer. Theranostic
nanoparticles are the new novel delivery carriers where the carrier is loaded with both diagnostic and
therapeutic agents. The present review discusses various therapeutic and theranostic nanocarriers for
pancreatic cancer.