The scope of nanoparticle therapies for future metastatic melanoma treatment

Bombelli, Francesca Baldelli, Webster, Carl A, Moncrieff, Marc and Sherwood, Victoria (2014) The scope of nanoparticle therapies for future metastatic melanoma treatment. The Lancet Oncology, 15 (1). e22-e32. ISSN 1470-2045

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Abstract

Metastatic melanoma is a highly aggressive malignancy that has traditionally been very difficult to treat. However, after decades of basic research into the signal transduction pathways that promote cancer cell survival, chemoresistance, growth, and crosstalk with the immune system, targeted therapies have now been developed that offer improved survival for patients with metastatic melanoma. Some of the most promising therapies that have been developed include ipilimumab, an anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 antibody that enhances T-cell activity in the tumour, and selective BRAF inhibitors, such as vemurafenib that blocks tumour cell proliferation in patients with activating BRAF mutations. Although these treatments offer substantial hope for patients, they are not without their drawbacks, which include adverse side-effects, drug resistance, and eventual relapse. Nanotherapeutics holds significant promise to circumvent these shortcomings and has the additional advantage of potentially functioning as a diagnostic device. We will discuss the scope of the use of such multimodal nanoparticles for melanoma treatment and ask whether such particles can offer patients with metastatic melanoma improved prognoses for the future.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy Faculty of Science Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Pharmaceutical Cell Biology (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Materials (former - to 2017)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2014 12:14
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 05:55
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/47113
DOI:	10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70333-4

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