Dongsar Tenzin Tsering, Bajaj Kartik, Dongsar Tenzin Sonam, Ali Ahbab, Hasan Nazeer, Ahmad Farhan Jalees
Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India.
Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 2025 Feb 12. doi: 10.2174/0115680096349248250113093025.
Skin cancer is one of the most lethal cancers today, posing significant challenges to public health and potentially impacting global health and economic stability. Due to its high rate of incidence, innovative and effective treatments are crucial. Among these, immunothera-peutic approaches have emerged as transformative, offering new hope by harnessing the body's immune system to target and eliminate cancerous cells. Immunotherapy has changed the treatment landscape for skin cancer, providing options such as checkpoint inhibitors and adoptive cell transfer therapies that specifically enhance immune activity against tumors. De-spite these advancements, the broader adoption of immunotherapeutic modalities is challeng-ing due to concerns about their toxicity and variable efficacy. The side effects, such as im-mune-related adverse events, can be severe and sometimes limit their use. In response to these challenges, nanotechnology in cancer treatment has gained significant attention. Nanotechnol-ogy-based approaches show promise in improving the delivery and effectiveness of cancer therapies, particularly for skin cancer immunotherapy. Nanoparticles can deliver therapeutic agents directly to tumors, minimizing systemic toxicity and enhancing treatment precision. These strategies also boost the immune system's ability to target cancer cells while overcom-ing the limitations of current immunotherapies. This review explores various anticancer thera-peutic approaches for managing skin cancer, focusing on immunotherapy and its challenges. It highlights how integrating nanotechnology with cancer immunotherapy offers a promising av-enue for enhancing treatment efficacy and safety. The review also provides an overview of re-cent advancements in skin cancer treatment, showcasing how these innovative strategies are paving the way for more effective and less toxic therapeutic options in combating one of the deadliest cancers.
皮肤癌是当今最致命的癌症之一,对公共卫生构成重大挑战,并可能影响全球健康和经济稳定。由于其高发病率,创新有效的治疗方法至关重要。其中,免疫治疗方法已成为变革性方法,通过利用人体免疫系统靶向和消除癌细胞带来了新希望。免疫疗法改变了皮肤癌的治疗格局,提供了诸如检查点抑制剂和过继性细胞转移疗法等可特异性增强针对肿瘤的免疫活性的选择。尽管取得了这些进展,但由于担心其毒性和疗效的变异性,免疫治疗方式的更广泛应用仍具有挑战性。副作用,如免疫相关不良事件,可能很严重,有时会限制其使用。为应对这些挑战,癌症治疗中的纳米技术已受到广泛关注。基于纳米技术的方法在改善癌症治疗的递送和有效性方面显示出前景,特别是对于皮肤癌免疫治疗。纳米颗粒可以将治疗剂直接递送至肿瘤,将全身毒性降至最低并提高治疗精度。这些策略还增强了免疫系统靶向癌细胞的能力,同时克服了当前免疫疗法的局限性。本综述探讨了用于治疗皮肤癌的各种抗癌治疗方法,重点关注免疫疗法及其挑战。它强调了将纳米技术与癌症免疫疗法相结合如何为提高治疗效果和安全性提供了一条有前景的途径。该综述还概述了皮肤癌治疗的最新进展,展示了这些创新策略如何为对抗最致命癌症之一提供更有效、毒性更小的治疗选择铺平道路。