Recent progress of 4D printing in cancer therapeutics studies

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Chinnakorn, A., Nuansing, W., Bodaghi, M. ORCID: 0000-0002-0707-944X, Rolfe, B. and Zolfagharian, A., 2023. Recent progress of 4D printing in cancer therapeutics studies. SLAS Technology. ISSN 2472-6303

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.slast.2023.02.002

Abstract

Cancer is a critical cause of global human death. Not only are complex approaches to cancer prognosis, accurate diagnosis, and efficient therapeutics concerned, but post-treatments like postsurgical or chemotherapeutical effects are also followed up. The four-dimensional (4D) printing technique has gained attention for its potential applications in cancer therapeutics. It is the next generation of the three-dimensional (3D) printing technique, which facilitates the advanced fabrication of dynamic constructs like programmable shapes, controllable locomotion, and on-demand functions. As is well-known, it is still in the initial stage of cancer applications and requires the insight study of 4D printing. Herein, we present the first effort to report on 4D printing technology in cancer therapeutics. This review will illustrate the mechanisms used to induce the dynamic constructs of 4D printing in cancer management. The recent potential applications of 4D printing in cancer therapeutics will be further detailed, and future perspectives and conclusions will finally be proposed.

Item Type:

Journal article

Publication Title:

SLAS Technology

Creators:

Chinnakorn, A., Nuansing, W., Bodaghi, M., Rolfe, B. and Zolfagharian, A.

Publisher:

Elsevier

Date:

16 February 2023

ISSN:

2472-6303