In this work, design and synthesis of high-molecular-weight N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide-based polymer drug delivery systems tailored for cancer therapy is summarized. Moreover, the influence of their architecture on tumor accumulation and in vivo anti-cancer efficacy is discussed. Mainly, the high-molecular-weight delivery systems, such as branched, grafted, multi-block, star-like or micellar systems, with molecular weights greater than the renal threshold are discussed and reviewed in detail.

Department of Biomedicinal Polymers Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic

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