Abstract

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY COMBINED WITH NANOCARRIERS FOR BREAST CANCER TREATMENT: AN UPDATED REVIEW

Swathi Gadiraju, Sireesha Reddy Pilaka, Sai Kiran Pindiprolu, Ch. S. Phani Kumar, K. Saravanakumar, Nawaz Mahammed, M. Mohan Varma and Ashok Thulluru*

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer had been one of the major ongoing health problems in women all over the world. Many advancements have emerged to reduce the harmful effects of breast cancer such as chemotherapy, surgery, etc. which are also associated with various side effects. To overcome these scientists have made the use of advantages offered by the nanosystems i.e. nanocarriers in the fields of tumor targeting, enhanced accumulation of drugs in tumors, etc. This article shows the importance of nanocarriers in the treatment of breast cancer using photodynamic therapy thereby reducing the side effects due to other therapies.

Keywords: Breast cancer, Chemotherapy, Photodynamic therapy, Nanocarriers and Tumor targeting.