Melanoma treatment in review

B Domingues, JM Lopes, P Soares… - ImmunoTargets and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Melanoma represents the most aggressive and the deadliest form of skin cancer. Current
therapeutic approaches include surgical resection, chemotherapy, photodynamic therapy …

Temperature-dependent cell death patterns induced by functionalized gold nanoparticle photothermal therapy in melanoma cells

Y Zhang, X Zhan, J Xiong, S Peng, W Huang, R Joshi… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising approach for cancer targeting therapy. However,
the temperature-dependent killing of tumor cells in PTT remains unclear. In this study, we …

New developments and clinical transition of hyaluronic acid-based nanotherapeutics for treatment of cancer: reversing multidrug resistance, tumour-specific …

MH Safdar, Z Hussain, MAS Abourehab… - Artificial Cells …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This review aims to overview and critically analyses recent developments in achieving
tumour-specific delivery of anticancer agents, maximizing anticancer efficacy, and mitigating …

Copper silicate hollow microspheres-incorporated scaffolds for chemo-photothermal therapy of melanoma and tissue healing

Q Yu, Y Han, X Wang, C Qin, D Zhai, Z Yi, J Chang… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The treatment of melanoma requires complete removal of tumor cells and simultaneous
tissue regeneration of tumor-initiated cutaneous defects. Herein, copper silicate hollow …

A novel strategy of transition-metal doping to engineer absorption of carbon dots for near-infrared photothermal/photodynamic therapies

XL Guo, ZY Ding, SM Deng, CC Wen, XC Shen… - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
It is of extreme importance to engineer the structural characteristics of carbon dots (CDs) to
satisfy their practical applications in imaging and medical treatments. Here, Cu, N-doped …

Dual roles of protein as a template and a sulfur provider: a general approach to metal sulfides for efficient photothermal therapy of cancer

J Sheng, L Wang, Y Han, W Chen, H Liu, M Zhang… - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fabrication of clinically translatable nanoparticles (NPs) as photothermal therapy (PTT)
agents against cancer is becoming increasingly desirable, but still challenging, especially in …

Multistage targeting strategy using magnetic composite nanoparticles for synergism of photothermal therapy and chemotherapy

Y Wang, G Wei, X Zhang, X Huang, J Zhao, X Guo… - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial‐targeting therapy is an emerging strategy for enhanced cancer treatment. In
the present study, a multistage targeting strategy using doxorubicin‐loaded magnetic …

Single 808 nm laser treatment comprising photothermal and photodynamic therapies by using gold nanorods hybrid upconversion particles

MH Chan, SP Chen, CW Chen, YC Chan… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Light therapy has become the subject of research on cancer treatment because of its
selectivity, low invasive damage, and side effects. Photothermal therapy (PTT) and …

Water-dispersible Prussian blue hyaluronic acid nanocubes with near-infrared photoinduced singlet oxygen production and photothermal activities for cancer …

B Zhou, BP Jiang, W Sun, FM Wei, Y He… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Design and development of photosensitizers that can efficiently convert energy of near-
infrared (NIR) laser irradiation are of major importance for cancer photoassisted …

Functional polymer nanocarriers for photodynamic therapy

T Li, L Yan - Pharmaceuticals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an appealing therapeutic modality in management of some
solid tumors and other diseases for its minimal invasion and non-systemic toxicity. However …