ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025
Enhancing melanoma therapy with hydrogel microneedles.
Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Biphasic Co-Delivery of Curcumin and 5-FU using 3D-Printed Dissolving Microneedles for Skin Cancer Therapy.Advanced healthcare materials · 2026Article
- Transdermal drug delivery systems in cancer therapy: advances, challenges, and future perspectives.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Review
- Bridging biomaterials and immunotherapy: hydrogel strategies for next-generation CAR-T cell treatment.Stem cell research & therapy · 2026Review
- Hydrogel-based delivery systems for cutaneous melanoma therapy: from chemical design and crosslinking strategies to structure-activity relationships.RSC advances · 2026Review
- 3D-Printed Microneedle Patch for the Treatment of Melanoma via Synergistic Chemotherapy and Photothermal Therapy.ACS applied bio materials · 2026Article
- Navigating the Challenges of Metallopharmaceutical Agents: Strategies and Predictive Modeling for Skin Cancer Therapy.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- Rational Design and Responsive Transdermal Cargo Delivery of Microneedles in the Treatment of Melanoma.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Hydrogel-forming microneedles for the treatment of skin diseases.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- The construction of the gelatin methacrylate microneedle -encapsulated newcastle disease virus and its antitumor effect in hepatocellular carcinoma.Journal of biological engineering · 2025Article
- Microneedle-nanoparticle hybrid platforms for metabolic syndrome: advances in point-of-care diagnostics and transdermal therapeutics.Discover nano · 2025Review
- A Self-Adhesive Ginsenoside Rk3/Metformin-Loaded Hydrogel Microneedle for Management of Systemic Sclerosis.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Melanoma is highly invasive and resistant to conventional treatments, accounting for nearly 75% of skin cancer-related deaths globally. Traditional therapies, such as chemotherapy and immunotherapy, often exhibit limited efficacy and are associated with significant side effects due to systemic drug exposure. Microneedles (MNs), as an emerging drug delivery system, offer multiple advantages, including safety, painlessness, minimal invasiveness, and controlled drug release. Among these, hydrogel microneedles (HMNs) stand out due to their extracellular matrix-like structure and swelling-induced continuous hydrogel channels, which enable the direct delivery of therapeutic agents into the tumor microenvironment (TME). This approach enhances drug bioavailability while reducing systemic toxicity, establishing HMNs as a promising platform for melanoma treatment. This review highlights recent advancements in HMNs for melanoma therapy, focusing on their applications in biomarker extraction for early diagnosis and their role in supporting multimodal treatment strategies, such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, phototherapy, targeted therapy, and combination therapy. Furthermore, the current matrix materials and fabrication techniques for HMNs are discussed. Finally, the limitations of HMNs in melanoma treatment are critically analyzed, and recommendations for future research and development are provided.
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