The effect of chitosan nanoparticles containing paclitaxel on destruction of breast cancer cells

Abstract

Background: Paclitaxel is a new chemotherapy medicine that is used for treating breast, ovarian, and lung cancers as well as AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma. Due to the side effects of using this drug, the paclitaxel-loaded chitosan nanoparticles was synthesized and its cytotoxicity effects on breast cancer cell lines was examined.