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Current status of gene therapy in melanoma treatment

YONGLU WANG1,2,*, WEI YOU1, XUEMING LI3,4,*

1 College of Pharmacy, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China
2 College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
3 Nanjing Bestform Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China
4 Postgraduate Department, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China

* Address correspondence to: Yonglu Wang, email; Xueming Li, email

BIOCELL 2020, 44(2), 167-174. https://doi.org/10.32604/biocell.2020.09023

Abstract

Melanoma is the deadliest type of skin cancer and which has a high ability of metastasis. Surgery is an effective method to treat I or II stage melanoma patients. However, there are few treatment options for metastatic melanoma. Gene therapy is one of the attractive options and is considered as the future direction for treating melanoma. This review mainly discusses the properties and challenges of the various gene therapies in melanoma, especially the delivery systems and gene targeting.

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WANG, Y., YOU, W., LI, X. (2020). Current status of gene therapy in melanoma treatment. BIOCELL, 44(2), 167–174.

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