TITLE:
Prostate Cancer’s Molecular Imaging by Targeting Based Nanoparticles: An Overview
AUTHORS:
Hossein Heidari, Alireza Salehi Fordoei, Mostafa Saffary, Mehdi Shafiee Ardestani
KEYWORDS:
PLGA, Dendrimer, Nanoparticles Based Drug Delivery or Imaging Agents, Prostate Malignancies
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.7 No.5,
May
20,
2015
ABSTRACT: Today nanoparticles based drug delivery or imaging agents are extremely being investigated as a very powerful tool in early diagnostics or treatment of different kinds of cancers including prostate malignancies. Among the diverse developing nanomaterials, biocompatible biodegradable dendrimers and chitosan or PLGA (Poly Lactic-co-Glycolic Acid) derivatives are more considered due to their safer profiles. As a result, finding novel prostate imaging agents based on nano sized structures would be of high global interest which will be further discussed in this review.