Microneedles: structure, classification, and application in oral cancer theranostics.
Xintong LiXi XieYongzhi WuZhuoyuan ZhangJinfeng LiaoPublished in: Drug delivery and translational research (2023)
Oral cancer is a malignant tumor that threatens the health of individuals on a global scale. Currently available clinical treatment methods, including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, significantly impact the quality of life of patients with systemic side effects. In the treatment of oral cancer, local and efficient delivery of antineoplastic drugs or other substances (like photosensitizers) to improve the therapy effect is a potential way to optimize oral cancer treatments. As an emerging drug delivery system in recent years, microneedles (MNs) can be used for local drug delivery, offering the advantages of high efficiency, convenience, and noninvasiveness. This review briefly introduces the structures and characteristics of various types of MNs and summarizes MN preparation methods. An overview of the current research application of MNs in different cancer treatments is provided. Overall, MNs, as a means of transporting substances, demonstrate great potential in oral cancer treatments, and their promising future applications and perspectives of MNs are outlined in this review.
Keyphrases
- drug delivery
- high efficiency
- healthcare
- early stage
- locally advanced
- machine learning
- minimally invasive
- human health
- photodynamic therapy
- drinking water
- deep learning
- stem cells
- high resolution
- papillary thyroid
- coronary artery bypass
- combination therapy
- health information
- mass spectrometry
- cancer therapy
- current status
- replacement therapy
- radiation induced
- drug release