Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been widely studied and applied in the field of tumor
diagnosis and treatment because of their special fundamental properties. In order to make …

Nanomaterials offer unique physical, chemical and biological properties of interest for
medical imaging and therapy. Over the last two decades, there has been an increasing effort …

Gold nanoparticles are especially suited to thermal destruction of cancer due to their ease of
surface functionalization and photothermal heating ability. This chapter reviews the progress …

Recent advances in nanomedicine make it auspicious for cancer diagnosis and treatment. A
possible non-invasive photothermal therapy (PTT) for cancer treatment could be constructed …

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have been extensively used in various applications ranging from
environmental detection to biomedical applications. Due to their unique characteristics such …

X-ray-computed tomography (CT) is a well-established tissueimaging technique employed
in a variety of research and clinical settings. 1 Specifically, CT is a noninvasive clinical …

The ability to efficiently deliver a drug to a tumor site is dependent on a wide range of
physiologically imposed design constraints. Nanotechnology provides the possibility of …

The application of nanotechnology in medicine, referred to as nanomedicine, is offering
numerous exciting possibilities in healthcare. Herein, we discuss two important aspects of …

Depending on the context, nanotechnologies developed as nanomedicines (nanosized
therapeutics and imaging agents) are presented as either a remarkable technological …

Cancer is the current leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for approximately one
quarter of all deaths in the USA and UK. Nanotechnologies provide tremendous …