Abstract
Progress in the field of precision medicine has changed the landscape of cancer therapy. Precision medicine is propelled by technologies that enable molecular profiling, genomic analysis and optimized drug design to tailor treatments for individual patients. Although precision medicines have resulted in some clinical successes, the use of many potential therapeutics has been hindered by pharmacological issues, including toxicities and drug resistance. Drug delivery materials and approaches have now advanced to a point where they can enable the modulation of a drug’s pharmacological parameters, without compromising the desired effect on molecular targets. Specifically, they can modulate a drug’s pharmacokinetics, stability, absorption and exposure to tumours and healthy tissues, and facilitate the administration of synergistic drug combinations. This Review highlights recent progress in precision therapeutics and drug delivery, and identifies opportunities for strategies to improve the therapeutic index of cancer drugs and, consequently, clinical outcomes.
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This work is supported, in part, by the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award (DP2-HD075698) and NIH grants R01-CA215719, R01-DK114321, R01-NS116353, R01-CA190642, UL1-TR002384, T32-CA062948 and P30-CA008748, the National Science Foundation (CAREER 1752506 and PHY 1545832), the American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant (GC230452), the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance, the Breast Cancer Foundation, the Stand Up to Cancer Foundation, the Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center, the Expect Miracles Foundation - Financial Services Against Cancer, the Anna Fuller Fund, the Louis V. Gerstner Jr. Young Investigator’s Fund, the Frank A. Howard Scholars Program, the Honorable Tina Brozman Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research, Cycle for Survival, the Alan and Sandra Gerry Metastasis and Tumor Ecosystems Center, Mr. William H. Goodwin and Mrs. Alice Goodwin and the Commonwealth Foundation for Cancer Research, the Center for Experimental Therapeutics, the Imaging & Radiation Sciences Program and the Center for Molecular Imaging and Nanotechnology of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer. Y.S. is a Jack Klein fellow. The opinions, results, findings and/or interpretations of data contained therein are the responsibility of the contractor and do not necessarily represent the opinions, interpretations or policy of the state or, if funded with federal funds, the applicable federal funding agency. Special thanks to S. D’Angelo for helpful discussions.
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Manzari, M.T., Shamay, Y., Kiguchi, H. et al. Targeted drug delivery strategies for precision medicines. Nat Rev Mater 6, 351–370 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-020-00269-6
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