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The promising role of antibody drug conjugate in cancer therapy: Combining targeting ability with cytotoxicity effectively

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Traditional cancer therapy has many disadvantages such as low selectivity and high toxicity of chemotherapy, as well as insufficient efficacy of targeted therapy. To enhance the cytotoxic effect and targeting… Click to show full abstract

Traditional cancer therapy has many disadvantages such as low selectivity and high toxicity of chemotherapy, as well as insufficient efficacy of targeted therapy. To enhance the cytotoxic effect and targeting ability, while reducing the toxicity of antitumor drugs, an antibody drug conjugate (ADC) was developed to deliver small molecular cytotoxic payloads directly to tumor cells by binding to specific antibodies via linkers.

Keywords: drug conjugate; targeting ability; cancer; antibody drug; cancer therapy

Journal Title: Cancer Medicine
Year Published: 2021

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