Table 1.

Nanoplatforms examples and their characteristics.

	Nanoplatforms	Biosafety	Size	Loading capacity	References
Magnetic Nanoparticle	DOX IONPS	Low toxicity	10–50 nm	High	Choi et al., 2012
Polymer-conjugates	DOX-GEM GADOLINIUM HPMA	Low toxicity	20–70 nm	Good	Vilos and Velasquez, 2012
Nanovesicles	β(CD) SPIO Polymeric micelles	Really low toxicity	10–70 nm	High	Liong et al., 2008; Bhojani et al., 2010
Dendrimers	asODN MNP PAMAM	Potential toxicity	10–40 nm	High	Pan et al., 2007

Different nanoplatforms and the respective biosafety, size, and loading capacity.

DOX-conjugated, doxorubicin; PAMAM, poly(amidoamine); IONPs, iron oxide nanoparticles; DOX-GEM, gemcitabine (GEM), and doxorubicin (DOX); HPMA, N-2- hydroxypropylmethacrylamide; asODN, antisense oligodeoxynucleotides; MNPs, Magnetic Nanoparticles; SPIO, superparamagnetic iron oxide.