Application of radiosensitizers in cancer radiotherapy

L Gong, Y Zhang, C Liu, M Zhang… - International journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Radiotherapy (RT) is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells
and shrink tumors. Although great success has been achieved on radiotherapy, there is still …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Metal-based nanoenhancers for future radiotherapy: radiosensitizing and synergistic effects on tumor cells

Y Liu, P Zhang, F Li, X Jin, J Li, W Chen, Q Li - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiotherapy is one of the major therapeutic strategies for cancer treatment. In the past
decade, there has been growing interest in using high Z (atomic number) elements …

Biocompatible tantalum nanoparticles as radiosensitizers for enhancing therapy efficacy in primary tumor and metastatic sentinel lymph nodes

C Ji, M Zhao, C Wang, R Liu, S Zhu, X Dong, C Su… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metastasis of breast carcinoma is commonly realized through lymphatic circulation, which
seriously threatens the lives of breast cancer patients. Therefore, efficient therapy for both …

[HTML][HTML] Radiosensitizing high-Z metal nanoparticles for enhanced radiotherapy of glioblastoma multiforme

J Choi, G Kim, SB Cho, HJ Im - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2020 - Springer
Radiotherapy is an essential step during the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM),
one of the most lethal malignancies. The survival in patients with GBM was improved by the …

Core–shell Au@MnO2 nanoparticles for enhanced radiotherapy via improving the tumor oxygenation

X Yi, L Chen, X Zhong, R Gao, Y Qian, F Wu, G Song… - Nano Research, 2016 - Springer
Local hypoxia in solid tumors often results in resistance to radiotherapy (RT), in which
oxygen is an essential element for enhancing DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation …

Synergistic thermoradiotherapy based on PEGylated Cu3BiS3 ternary semiconductor nanorods with strong absorption in the second near-infrared window

A Li, X Li, X Yu, W Li, R Zhao, X An, D Cui, X Chen… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
In this work, we report a successful synthesis of copper bismuth sulfide nanorods (NRs) with
broad and strong photoabsorption ranging from ultraviolet (UV) to near-infrared (NIR) …

Energy‐converting nanomedicine

H Xiang, Y Chen - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Serious side effects to surrounding normal tissues and unsatisfactory therapeutic efficacy
hamper the further clinic applications of conventional cancer‐therapeutic strategies, such as …

X-ray sensitive high-Z metal nanocrystals for cancer imaging and therapy

L Zheng, R Zhu, L Chen, Q Fu, J Li, C Chen, J Song… - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Radiotherapy (RT) based on X-ray irradiation is a widely applied cancer treatment strategy
in the clinic. However, treating cancer based on RT alone usually results in insufficient …

Albumin-templated biomineralizing growth of composite nanoparticles as smart nano-theranostics for enhanced radiotherapy of tumors

J Chen, Q Chen, C Liang, Z Yang, L Zhang, X Yi… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Hypoxia and a dense extracellular matrix within the tumor microenvironment can often lead
to the resistance of tumors to radiotherapy. Herein, we use bovine serum albumin (BSA) as a …