Carbon Nanotubes in the Treatment of Skin Cancers: Safety and Toxic ological Aspects

Background: Skin cancer is depicted to be the most common malignant disease across the globe that is frequently diagnosed in people bearing light skin. Three common forms of skin cancers are squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma. Treatment of skin cancers comprises of various forms of management strategies that can help in curing the disease including the use of several therapeutic agents. Though numerous therapies have been explored till date to deliver the active therapeutics, nanoparticulate based targeted therapy has garnered considerable interest and is a promising approach in treating skin cancers. Keywords: Carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, preclinical studies, skin cancer, targeted delivery, toxicity.