Delivery of Anti-Cancer Drugs Using Nanocarriers

Abstract

The most prevalent form of cancer treatment used today is chemotherapy, although it is widely known to be associated with frequent, high dosages and unwanted side effects. The application of nanocarriers to conventional cancer treatment aims to address these problems by encapsulating chemotherapeutic drugs within polymer or lipid nanoparticles. These drug delivery nanoparticles, known as nanocarriers, work to increase the stability and circulation time of drugs and can be used to target specific areas. This project aims to fabricate nanocarriers for the delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs in order to address the current problems of chemotherapy. These nanocarriers will reduce side effects and issues of conventional dosage forms by targeting tumor sites, releasing drug specifically and only where it is needed.