Pharmaceutic Formulas for Radiation Therapy Enhancement
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Pharmaceutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2023) | Viewed by 360
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanobiomaterials; drug delivery; cancer therapy; radiobiology; biocompatibility
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Interests: radioresistant cancer cell biology; tumor cell radiosensitization; DNA damage signaling; mitochondria–nucleus communication; radiation-induced bystander effects; radiation response biomarkers; tumor microenvironment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Pharmaceutics entitled “Pharmaceutic formulas for radiation therapy enhancement”. Nowadays the curative approaches for cancer management include a form of radiation therapy in order to reduce the metabolism and growth of tumor cells. Different kinds of radiation have been applied in order to deposit a higher dose at the malignant site and to reduce the adverse effects of the surrounding tissues.
In order to increase the cytotoxic effects of radiation therapy in the tumor cells and to reduce the damage provoked to the normal cells in the immediate vicinity, different pharmaceutic approaches have been applied, starting from drugs, different molecules that are able to interfere with the signaling and metabolic processes of the cancerous cells, high Z (nano-)materials, magnetic (nano-)materials, etc.
This Special Issue aims to cover recent advancements in radiation-based therapeutic approaches used for the management of cancer, addressing either preclinical in vitro and in vivo testing, clinical approaches or in silico testing.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Roxana Cristina Popescu
Dr. Diana Savu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- radiation therapy
- cancer therapy
- pharmaceutic formulas
- radiosensitization
- preclinical testing
- clinical testing
