Nanomedicine as an innovative therapeutic strategy for pediatric cancer

Essa Mohd Aleassa; Malcolm Xing; Richard Keijzer

doi:10.1007/s00383-015-3683-2

Nanomedicine as an innovative therapeutic strategy for pediatric cancer

Essa Mohd Aleassa, Malcolm Xing, Richard Keijzer

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Abstract

Childhood cancer is the leading cause of mortality in children between 1 and 14 years of age. Malignancy accounts for 18 % of overall childhood mortality. Therapeutic advances in the field of pediatric oncology have helped to increase survival. Nanotechnology is the modification of materials at a nanoscale and can be used to deliver therapeutic agents. Examples of nanotechnology applications are organic self-assembled amphiphilic polymers, non-organic nanocarriers such as nanotubes and quantum dots. Each of these has their own utility in different settings. Application of nanotechnology in medicine has been extensively studied. Examples of pediatric tumors that received special attention are: neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, central nervous system tumors and musculoskeletal tumors. This review will summarize the application of nanomedicine as an innovative management strategy in pediatric oncology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	611-616
Number of pages	6
Journal	Pediatric Surgery International
Volume	31
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-015-3683-2
Publication status	Published - Jul 12 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cancer
Nanomedicine
Pediatric surgery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Surgery

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