Effect of coatings and surface modification on porous silicon nanoparticles for delivery of the anticancer drug tamoxifen

• Main Authors: Haidary, S. M., Mohammed, A. B., Córcoles, E. P., Ali, N. K., Ahmad, M. R.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2016
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/71155/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84962440393&doi=10.1016%2fj.mee.2016.03.051&partnerID=40&md5=0611d545a22fff548a1bb71c0588282d

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and the cancer that causes the most deaths after lung cancer. Tamoxifen has long been used for the treatment of breast cancer in different stages of the disease, however it presents several side effects. The use of delivery systems has been propose...