Development of a multifunctional injectable system for cancer treatment

João Borges – Full Professor, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon; Luis Costa – Full Professor, I3N and Physics Department, University of Aveiro; Jorge Silva – Full Professor, 3CENIMAT|i3N, Department of Physics, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon; Paula Soares – Principal Researcher, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon

Poster Presenter(s)

Cezar Tipa

PhD Student
School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal

Introduction:

Introduction: Cancer is a major public health problem and an increasing worldwide death cause. Its most common treatments are systemic chemotherapy and radiotherapy which have several limitations including unpredictable and ineffective outcomes, toxicity to healthy tissues, long-term nefarious side effects to patients’ quality of life, expensive multi-therapeutic approaches for treatments as well as management of concurrent side effects, necessity of multiple dosing strategies due to lack of targeted applications and low therapeutic drug concentrations at tumor sites (1).

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the different functions and features of the developed multifunctional injectable system.
2. Explain the optimization and modulation process used to select the best candidates for the intended application.
3. Evaluate the potential of the developed multifunctional system for sustained drug delivery and cancer treatment.