The “war on cancer” is now in its fourth decade since the president Richard Nixon declared war against cancer, leading to the National Cancer Act in 1971. Since 2004, when National Cancer Institute launched the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a lot of efforts and massive fundings have been devoted to the development of novel nanotechnologies in order to reduce cancer mortality.
Although localized primary solid tumors can be successfully removed surgically, the treatment of spreading tumors and tumor metastases requires extensive chemotherapy which aims to kill tumor cells or to inhibit their proliferation while preserving the normal cells in the body. However, two main obstacles limit the success of chemotherapy: the lack of tumor
Although localized primary solid tumors can be successfully removed surgically, the treatment of spreading tumors and tumor metastases requires extensive chemotherapy which aims to kill tumor cells or to inhibit their proliferation while preserving the normal cells in the body. However, two main obstacles limit the success of chemotherapy: the lack of tumor