Kaiyuan Tang, Xiao Li, Yanling Hu, Xiaonan Zhang, Nan Lu, Qiang Fang, Jinjun Shao, Shengke Li, Weijun Xiu, Yanni Song, Dongliang Yang, Junjie Zhang
Malignant tumours are a serious threat to human health. Traditional chemotherapy has achieved breakthrough improvements but also has significant detrimental effects, such as the development of drug resistance, immunosuppression, and even systemic toxicity. Photothermal therapy (PTT) is an emerging cancer therapy. Under light irradiation, the phototherapeutic agent converts optical energy into thermal energy and induces the hyperthermic death of target cells. To date, numerous photothermal agents have been developed...
April 17, 2023: Biomaterials Science