Abstract Background Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) are regarded as potential agents that
enhance the radiosensitivity of tumor cells for theranostic applications. To elucidate the …

Abundant studies have focused on the radiosensitization effect of gold nanoparticles (GNPs)
in the cellular environment with x-ray irradiation. To better understand the physical …

Purpose Targeted radiation therapy has seen an increased interest in the past decade. In
vitro and in vivo experiments showed enhanced radiation doses due to gold nanoparticles …

Abstract Background Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are considered as promising agents to
increase the radiosensitivity of tumor cells. However, the biological mechanisms of radiation …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) were demonstrated as X-ray imaging contrast agents and
radiosensitizers in mice. However, the translational medical applications of GNPs in to the …

Radioenhancement of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) has shown great potential for increasing
the therapeutic efficiency of radiotherapy. Here we report on a computational model of …

Numerous studies have strongly supported the application of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) as
radio-enhanced agents. In our previous study, the local effect model (LEM I) was adopted to …

Purpose In recent decades‎,‎ radiotherapy has became one of the most useful and cost
effective tools in cancer treatment‎. Having a number of unique characteristics made gold …

Simple Summary High-Z gold nanoparticles show potential as radiosensitizers in the
radiotherapy of cancer. In this paper, we introduce the benefits and procedures for the …

Purpose: The authors' aims were to model how various factors influence radiation dose
enhancement by gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and to propose a new modeling approach to …