Noninvasive techniques, such as breath tests (urea breath test), blood pressure
measurements using a sphygmomanometer and electrocardiography, were employed by a …

Early diagnosis and effective cancer therapy are required, to properly treat cancer, which
causes more than 8.2 million deaths in a year worldwide. Among various cancer treatments …

Malignant tumors have seriously endangered human life and health, due to their
characteristics including fast growth, easy metastasis, and recurrence. Near-infrared light …

Highlights•NIR light allows deeper tissue penetration and minimum damage to healthy
tissues.•The uses of NIR responsive nanomaterials in cancer therapy are …

The near-infrared (NIR) region (700–1100 nm) is the so-called transparency “therapeutic
window” for biological applications owing to its deeper tissue penetration and minimal …

Owning to its excellent tissue penetration capacity, near-infrared (NIR)-light has attracted
intensive research interests in nanomedicine for either direct photothermal killing of cancers …

Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases threatening the lives of humans. Although many
treatment methods have been developed to tackle cancer, each modality of cancer treatment …

Light-based diagnostics and therapy have become indispensable tools in the field of cancer
nanomedicine. Various optical imaging modalities with tomographic capability have been …

The optical technology presents non-invasive, non-destructive, and non-ionizing features
and has the ability to display various chemical components in tissues to provide useful …

Drug delivery systems (DDSs) based on nanomaterials have shown a promise for cancer
chemotherapy; however, it remains a great challenge to localize on-demand release of …