Influence of hyperthermia on efficacy and uptake of carbon nanohorn-cisplatin conjugates

MR DeWitt, AM Pekkanen… - Journal of …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) have significant potential for use in photothermal
therapies due to their capability to absorb near infrared light and deposit heat. Additionally …

Spatially controlled photothermal heating of bladder tissue through single-walled carbon nanohorns delivered with a fiberoptic microneedle device

RL Hood, WF Carswell, A Rodgers, MA Kosoglu… - Lasers in medical …, 2013 - Springer
Laser-based photothermal therapies for urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) are limited to
thermal ablation of superficial tumors, as treatment of invasive lesions is hampered by …

Heat shock protein expression and temperature distribution in prostate tumours treated with laser irradiation and nanoshells

MN Rylander, RJ Stafford, J Hazle… - International Journal …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Sub-lethal temperature elevations in the tumour incurred during laser cancer
therapy can induce heat shock protein (HSP) expression leading to enhanced tumour …

Development of a Fiberoptic Microneedle Device for Simultaneous Co-Delivery of Fluid Agents and Laser Light With Specific Applications in the Treatment of Brain …

RL Hood - 2013 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation describes the development of the fiberoptic microneedle device (FMD), a
microneedle technology platform for fluid and light delivery, from general engineering …