Chemotherapy has been an important part of cancer treatment for many years. However, its efficacy is often limited because conventional chemotherapy can cause serious side effects and lead to differences in treatment response between patients. At this point, personalized medicine offers a new approach to eliminating these problems in cancer treatment. Personalized medicine proposes organizing treatment according to the genetic and molecular characteristics of both the tumor and the patient with tailored treatment regimens. Through molecular profiling of the patient and the tumor, oncologists can have a preliminary idea about the most effective drug, allowing them to adjust the treatment specifically for the individual and minimize the harmful effects on healthy tissues. Advances in genomics and precision oncology, and also new platforms such as organoids and organ-on-chips, have made it possible to select drugs, based on tumor-specific biomarkers, genomic alterations, and pharmacogenomic variants.
However, there are still some challenges in applying personalized chemotherapy. The main reasons are concerns about the reliability of biomarkers, integration of genomic data into clinical practice, cost-effectiveness, and ethical issues related to genetic privacy. This review summarizes the basic concepts of tumor biology and chemotherapy and discusses how personalized medicine and precision oncology are changing cancer treatment.
| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Pharmaceutical Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Clinical Sciences (Other) |
| Journal Section | Review Article |
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| Submission Date | December 5, 2025 |
| Acceptance Date | December 19, 2025 |
| Early Pub Date | February 11, 2026 |
| Publication Date | December 26, 2025 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.54994/emujpharmsci.1836760 |
| IZ | https://izlik.org/JA87WH63KU |
| Published in Issue | Year 2025 Volume: 8 Issue: 3 |
EMU Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (EMUJPharmSci), which is an open access peer-reviewed journal, publishes original research, short reports and review articles. The contributions to the journal must be written in English. The journal has been published regularly three times a year since 2018.
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Editors are responsible for maintaining the journal’s academic quality, scientific reliability, and publication ethics. Their responsibilities include:
1. Academic Priority and Scope Compliance: Editors prioritize academic criteria and scientific integrity, evaluating manuscripts that provide original and qualified contributions aligned with the journal’s aims.
2. Decision Authority and Responsibility: Final decisions regarding acceptance, rejection, or revision rest with the editors. Editors must avoid conflicts of interest and withdraw from the process when necessary.
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2. Decision Authority and Responsibility: Final decisions regarding acceptance, rejection, or revision rest with the editors. Editors must avoid conflicts of interest and withdraw from the process when necessary.
3. Efficient Management of the Publication Process: Editors ensure that review, editorial, and publication stages proceed smoothly and within planned timelines.
4. Impartiality and Non-Discrimination: Manuscripts are evaluated solely on scientific merit, without regard to authors’ gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or political views.
5. Confidentiality: Editors ensure confidentiality throughout the peer review process and do not disclose manuscript-related information to third parties.
6. Prevention of Plagiarism and Ethical Violations: Editors ensure plagiarism screening and investigate suspected ethical violations thoroughly.
7. Integrity of Editorial Duties: Editorial positions are assigned only to individuals who actively contribute to the journal. All members are informed of confidentiality obligations.
ETHICAL RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AUTHORS
Authors agree to the following ethical principles and responsibilities:
1. Compliance with Publication Policy and Author Guidelines
2. Prohibition of Simultaneous Submission
3. Originality and Plagiarism Prohibition
4. Authorship Order and Contribution Responsibility
5. Scientific Integrity and Data Ethics
6. Permissions and Ethical Approvals
7. Declaration of Thesis-Based or Conference-Presented Works
8. Conflict of Interest Disclosure
9. Publication Process and Copyright Transfer
10. Data Sharing Obligation
11. Citation and Reference Use
12. Funding and Support Disclosure
13. Correction and Cooperation Obligation
14. Submission Limitation: Authors whose articles are published may submit a new manuscript only after two subsequent issues (one year).
ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF REVIEWERS
Reviewers accept the following ethical responsibilities:
1. Impartiality and Equality
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Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Dekanı Prof. Dr. Hayrettin Ozan Gülcan 1999 yılında Hacetepe Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesini ve 2001 yılında Gazi Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Farmasötik Kimya Yüksek Lisans programını başarı ile tamamladıktan sonra 2004 yılında Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Iowa Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Medicinal ve Doğal ürünler bölümü Doktora programına kaydolmuştur. 2008 yılında bu programdan mezun olup bilim doktoru ünvanını kazandıktan sonra Nobel İlaç Arge merkezinde Arge bölüm yöneticisi olarak çalışmaya başlamıştır. 2013 yılına kadar ilaç sanayinde ilaç ham maddesi sentezi ve orjinal ilaç tasarım ve aktivite tayin direktörlüğü görevlerinde bulunmuştur. 2013 yılında Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi’nde çalışmaya başlayan Dr. Gülcan 2017 yılında Farmasötik Kimya alanında Doçent ve 2022 yılında da Prof. ünvanını almıştır. Halen Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Farmasötik Kimya öğretim üyeliği ile Fakülte dekanlığı görevlerini sürdürmektedir.
Kariyeri boyunca 60’ın üzerinde uluslararası orjinal araştırma makalesi hazırlamış, çok sayıda uluslararası kitap bölümü yazarlığı yapmıştır. 10’nun üzerinde Doktora öğrencisine tez danışmanlığı yapmış ve ulusal ve uluslararası pek çok buluşa imza atarak bu buluşların patentlerini almıştır. Çok sayıda bilimsel ödül sahibi olan Prof. Gülcan, mesleki ve bilimsel pek çok derneğin üyeliğini yapmaktadır.
Kariyerinin son 15 yılını Alzheimer Hastalığı başta olmak üzere nörodejeneratif hastalıklarının tedavisi üzerine bilimsel çalışmalar yaparak geçirmiştir. 2022 Yulından itibaren Yeditepe Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Farmasötik Kimya Doktora programında da görev almaktadır. Aynı zamanda Khazar Üniveritesi Engineered Biomaterial Research Center üyesidir.
Tansel Çomoğlu, 1991 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi'nden mezun olmuştur. Aynı üniversitede Farmasötik Teknoloji alanında yüksek lisansını tamamladıktan sonra, 2002 yılında doktora derecesini almıştır.
2005 yılında TÜBİTAK tarafından verilen post-doktoral araştırma bursu ile Norveç'teki Tromso Üniversitesi Farmasötik ve Biyofarmasötik Bölümü'nde çalışmalarına devam etmiştir. 2010 yılında yardımcı doçent, 2011 yılında doçent unvanını almış olan Dr. Çomoğlu, 2012 yılında YÖK bursu ile ABD'nin Chicago kentindeki Illinois Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Biyomühendislik ve Biyofarmasötik Bilimler Bölümü'nde çalışma fırsatı bulmuştur. 2017 yılında ise Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Farmasötik Teknoloji Anabilim Dalı'na profesör olarak atanmıştır.
Dr. Çomoğlu, 2012 yılından itibaren çeşitli SCI dergilerinin hakem kurullarında yer almakta olup, 60’tan fazla bilimsel makale ve 6 uluslararası kitap bölümü yazmıştır. Araştırma ilgi alanları arasında beyin hedefli nanopartikül ilaç taşıyıcı sistemleri ve ağızda dağılan tabletler yer almaktadır.
Dr. Çomoğlu, akademik kariyerinde birçok ödüle layık görülmüştür. 2008 yılında "Diclofenac Potassium fast dispersing tablets’ın formülasyonu ve in-vitro değerlendirilmesi ile migren hastalarında klinik uygulamaları" konulu çalışmasıyla Novartis Proje Ödülü'nü kazanmıştır. 2021 yılında YÖK En İyi Doktora Tezi Ödülü’nü almış, 2022 yılında ise Dr. Özyılmaz ile birlikte Endüstri Odaklı Ar-Ge ve İnovasyon Yarışması Ödülü'nü kazanmıştır. Ayrıca, 2023 yılında Kariyer Geliştirme Odaklı AR-GE Projeleri Yarışması'nda 2.lik ödülünü ve 2024 yılında Başakşehir 11. İnovasyon Projeleri Yarışması'nda 3.lük ödülünü kazanarak başarılarını pekiştirmiştir.