Issue 16, 2023

Recent advances of nanocrystals in cancer theranostics

Abstract

Emerging cancer cases across the globe and treating them with conventional therapies with multiple limitations have been challenging for decades. Novel drug delivery systems and alternative theranostics are required for efficient detection and treatment. Nanocrystals (NCs) have been established as a significant cancer diagnosis and therapeutic tool due to their ability to deliver poorly water-soluble drugs with sustained release, low toxicity, and flexibility in the route of administration, long-term sustainable drug release, and noncomplicated excretion. This review summarizes several therapies of NCs, including anticancer, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, biotheranostics, targeted therapy, photothermal, and photodynamic. Further, different imaging and diagnostics using NCs are mentioned, including imaging, diagnosis through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), biosensing, and luminescence. In addition, the limitations and potential solutions of NCs in the field of cancer theranostics are discussed. Preclinical and clinical data depicting the importance of NCs in the spotlight of cancer, its current status, future aspects, and challenges are covered in detail.

Graphical abstract: Recent advances of nanocrystals in cancer theranostics

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
08 6 2023
Accepted
10 7 2023
First published
10 7 2023
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2023,5, 4018-4040

Recent advances of nanocrystals in cancer theranostics

D. Yenurkar, M. Nayak and S. Mukherjee, Nanoscale Adv., 2023, 5, 4018 DOI: 10.1039/D3NA00397C

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