Nanostructures as Photothermal Agents in Tumor Treatment

Traditional methods of tumor treatment such as surgical resection, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy have certain limitations, and their treatment effects are not always satisfactory. As a new tumor treatment method, photothermal therapy based on nanostructures has attracted the attention of resea...

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Published in:Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 28; no. 1; p. 277
Main Authors: Chen, Yuqian, Zhou, Futing, Wang, Chenshuai, Hu, Linlin, Guo, Pengfei
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.12.2022
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Subjects:
Antimitotic agents
Antineoplastic agents
Blood vessels
Cancer
Cancer therapies
Carbon
Chemical vapor deposition
Dosage and administration
Drug therapy
Efficiency
Gene therapy
Graphene
Heat
Humans
Hyperthermia, Induced
Lasers
Methods
Nanomaterials
Nanomedicine
nanostructures
Nanostructures - chemistry
Nanostructures - therapeutic use
Neoplasms - therapy
Oxidation
Patient outcomes
Phase transitions
Photochemotherapy
Photodynamic therapy
Phototherapy
photothermal agents
photothermal therapy
Quantum dots
Review
Transition Elements
tumor
Tumors
China
nanomaterials
nanostructures
photothermal agents
tumor
photothermal therapy
ISSN:1420-3049, 1420-3049
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Summary:Traditional methods of tumor treatment such as surgical resection, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy have certain limitations, and their treatment effects are not always satisfactory. As a new tumor treatment method, photothermal therapy based on nanostructures has attracted the attention of researchers due to its characteristics of minimally invasive, low side effects, and inhibition of cancer metastasis. In recent years, there has been a variety of inorganic or organic nanostructures used in the field of photothermal tumor treatment, and they have shown great application prospects. In this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of nanomaterials/nanostructures as photothermal agents (PTAs) for photothermal therapy as well as their research progress are reviewed. For the sake of clarity, the recently reported nanomaterials/nanostructures for photothermal therapy of tumor are classified into five main categories, i.e., carbon nanostructures, noble metal nanostructures, transition metal sulfides, organic polymer, and other nanostructures. In addition, future perspectives or challenges in the related field are discussed.
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ISSN:1420-3049
1420-3049
DOI:10.3390/molecules28010277