Targeting therapy of cancer by polymeric micelles was carried in Yomiuri Shimbun.

Targeting therapy of intractable cancers has been achieved by polymeric micelles loaded with chemotherapy reagents. Polymeric micelles were made by self-assebly of block copolymers, and are expected to have wide applicability in treatment of intractable cancers, including pancreatic cancer and scirrhous gastric cancer. Future perspectives of these nanocarriers were also described in this report.