Polysaccharides as a source of advanced materials: Cellulose hollow microspheres for drug delivery in cancer therapy

► Synthesized and characterized pH, thermo, and ionic strength sensitive microspheres. ► Cellulose modification. ► Distillation precipitation and deposition methods were used for microspheres' fabrication. ► Drug loading and release study of microspheres in two different buffer solutions (pH 4.5 and pH 7.4).