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A review of NIR dyes in cancer targeting and imaging.

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It is believed these newly developed multifunctional NIR dyes will broaden current concept of tumor targeted imaging and hold promise to make an important contribution to the diagnosis and therapeutics for the treatment of cancer.
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This article is published in Biomaterials.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 1235 citations till now.

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Near-infrared fluorophores for biomedical imaging

TL;DR: This Review covers recent progress on near-infrared fluorescence imaging for preclinical animal studies and clinical diagnostics and interventions.
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Photothermal therapy and photoacoustic imaging via nanotheranostics in fighting cancer

TL;DR: It is believed that PTT and PAI having noteworthy features would become promising next-generation non-invasive cancer theranostic techniques and improve the ability to combat cancers.
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Reactive oxygen species generating systems meeting challenges of photodynamic cancer therapy

TL;DR: The current status and possible opportunities for ROS generation for cancer therapy are summarized and it is hoped this review will spur pre-clinical research and clinical practice for ROS-mediated tumour treatments.
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Nanotechnology for Multimodal Synergistic Cancer Therapy

TL;DR: In this review, state-of-the-art studies concerning recent advances in nanotechnology-mediated multimodal synergistic therapy will be systematically discussed, with an emphasis on the construction of multifunctional nanomaterials for realizing bimodal and trimodal synergy therapy.
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