The emergence of nanotechnology has changed the scenario of the medical world by revolutionizing the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of
cancer. This nanotechnology has been proved miraculous in detecting
cancer cells, delivering chemotherapeutic agents and monitoring treatment from non-specific to highly targeted killing of
tumor cells. In the past few decades, a number of inorganic materials have been investigated such as
calcium phosphate,
gold,
carbon materials,
silicon oxide,
iron oxide, and layered double
hydroxide (LDH) for examining their efficacy in targeting
drug delivery. The reason behind the selection of these inorganic materials was their versatile and unique features efficient in
drug delivery, such as wide availability, rich surface functionality, good biocompatibility, potential for target delivery, and controlled release of the
drug from these inorganic nanomaterials. Although, the
drug-LDH hybrids are found to be quite instrumental because of their application as advanced anti-
cancer drug delivery systems, there has not been much research on them. This mini review is set to highlight the advancement made in the use of layered double
hydroxides (LDHs) as anti-
cancer drug delivery agents. Along with the advantages of LDHs as anti-
cancer drug delivery agents, the process of interaction of some of the common anti-
cancer drugs with LDH has also been discussed.