Recent advances in nanomaterial-based synergistic combination cancer immunotherapy

• Published in: Chemical Society reviews Vol. 48; no. 14; pp. 3771 - 381
• Main Authors: Sang, Wei, Zhang, Zhan, Dai, Yunlu, Chen, Xiaoyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 15.07.2019
• Subjects: Anticancer properties; antineoplastic activity; biocompatible materials; bioengineering; Biomedical materials; Cancer therapies; Chemotherapy; Combined Modality Therapy; drug therapy; Humans; immune system; Immunotherapy; Materials science; metastasis; Nanomaterials; Nanostructures - chemistry; neoplasms; Neoplasms - immunology; Neoplasms - therapy; patients; precision medicine; Radiation therapy; radiotherapy; surgery; Transformations

In recent years, conventional treatments including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy have been the main approaches in tumour therapy. Cancer immunotherapy is a new therapeutic modality to fight cancer by harnessing the power of patients' own immune system. Ongoing research related to these...