Figure 4.

MBC treatment strategies. Schematic illustration of conventional therapies and emerging nanomedicine treatments to combat MBC. There is growing use of various nanomaterials against MBC, ranging from metals and metal oxides to proteins and lipid-based nanostructures, reflected by a significant rise in the number of publications in recent years. Data is extracted from the Scopus database (date of search April 28, 2023), reflecting publications from 2004 to April 2023 with the words “nano” and “breast cancer” in the title.