Emerging nanotechnology and advanced materials for cancer radiation therapy

G Song, L Cheng, Y Chao, K Yang, Z Liu - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Radiation therapy (RT) including external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) and internal
radioisotope therapy (RIT) has been widely used for clinical cancer treatment. However …

Photoactivatable protherapeutic nanomedicine for cancer

Y Zhang, C Xu, X Yang, K Pu - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Therapeutic systems with site‐specific pharmaceutical activation hold great promise to
enhance therapeutic efficacy while reducing systemic toxicity in cancer therapy. With …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in innovative strategies for enhanced cancer photodynamic therapy

T Hu, Z Wang, W Shen, R Liang, D Yan, M Wei - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a non-invasive therapeutic modality, has received increasing
attention owing to its high selectivity and limited side effects. Although significant clinical …

Recent advances and challenges in silicon carbide (SiC) ceramic nanoarchitectures and their applications

M Xu, YR Girish, KP Rakesh, P Wu… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Silicon carbide (SiC) is recognized as a notable semiconductor because of its outstanding
characteristics, for instance wide-bandgap, outstanding magnetic properties, extraordinary …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoscintillator-mediated X-ray induced photodynamic therapy for deep-seated tumors: from concept to biomedical applications

W Sun, Z Zhou, G Pratx, X Chen, H Chen - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown great effectiveness in oncotherapy but has not
been implemented in broad clinical applications because the limited penetration depth of …

Scintillating nanoparticles as energy mediators for enhanced photodynamic therapy

A Kamkaew, F Chen, Y Zhan, RL Majewski, W Cai - ACS nano, 2016 - ACS Publications
Achieving effective treatment of deep-seated tumors is a major challenge for traditional
photodynamic therapy (PDT) due to difficulties in delivering light into the subsurface. Thanks …

Nanocomposite‐based photodynamic therapy strategies for deep tumor treatment

J Hu, Y Tang, AH Elmenoufy, H Xu, Z Cheng, X Yang - Small, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as an emerging clinically approved modality, has been used
for treatment of various cancer diseases. Conventional PDT strategies are mainly focused …

Advances in nanomaterials for use in photothermal and photodynamic therapeutics

Z Yang, Z Sun, Y Ren, X Chen… - Molecular …, 2019 - spandidos-publications.com
Nanomaterials play crucial roles in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Photothermal
and photodynamic therapy, as two minimally invasive therapeutic methods, have promising …

Monodisperse and uniform mesoporous silicate nanosensitizers achieve low‐dose X‐ray‐induced deep‐penetrating photodynamic therapy

W Sun, T Shi, L Luo, X Chen, P Lv, Y Lv… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
X‐ray‐induced photodynamic therapy (X‐PDT) combines both the advantages of
radiotherapy (RT) and PDT, and has considerable potential applications in clinical deep …

A review on nanotoxicity and nanogenotoxicity of different shapes of nanomaterials

E Demir - Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomaterials (NMs) generally display fascinating physical and chemical properties that are
not always present in bulk materials; therefore, any modification to their size, shape, or …