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Recent advances in functional nanomaterials for light–triggered cancer therapy

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An in–depth review of major breakthroughs in recent advanced functional nanomaterials for photo–triggered therapy is presented, and an outlook of the future directions of the rapidly growing functional nanomechanical directions is given.
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This article is published in Nano Today.The article was published on 2018-04-01. It has received 408 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Photothermal therapy.

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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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Advances in nanomaterials for photodynamic therapy applications: Status and challenges.

TL;DR: The up-to-date advances in the fabrication and fascinating applications of various nanomaterials in PDT have been summarized, including various types of nanoparticles, carbon-based nanommaterials, and two-dimensional nanmaterials, etc.
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Intelligent Hollow Pt-CuS Janus Architecture for Synergistic Catalysis-Enhanced Sonodynamic and Photothermal Cancer Therapy.

TL;DR: A novel Pt-CuS Janus composed of hollow semiconductor CuS and noble metallic Pt was rationally designed and successfully synthesized and develops a versatile nanoplatform for a multifunctional theranostic strategy and broadens the biological applications by rationally designing their structure.
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Recent advances in nanomaterials for enhanced photothermal therapy of tumors.

TL;DR: This review highlights recent advances in nanomaterials that focus on overcoming the above obstacles and thus enhancing the therapeutic outcome of PTT, and classification of PTAs with improved photothermal performance and modification strategies for efficient PTT are summarized.
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Erythrocyte-cancer hybrid membrane-camouflaged melanin nanoparticles for enhancing photothermal therapy efficacy in tumors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors fused red blood cell membrane together with MCF-7 membrane and fabricated an erythrocyte-cancer (RBC-M) hybrid membrane-camouflaged melanin nanoparticle platform for enhancing therapeutic efficacy of photothermal therapy (PTT).
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Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for drug delivery

TL;DR: Recent advances in the design of nanoscale stimuli-responsive systems that are able to control drug biodistribution in response to specific stimuli, either exogenous (variations in temperature, magnetic field, ultrasound intensity, light or electric pulses) or endogenous (changes in pH, enzyme concentration or redox gradients).
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Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials.

TL;DR: It is found that variations in local treatment that substantially affect the risk of locoregional recurrence could also affect long-term breast cancer mortality, and that avoidance of a local recurrence in the conserved breast is recommended.
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A clearer vision for in vivo imaging.

TL;DR: Progress continues in the development of smaller, more penetrable probes for biological imaging, and the number of probes in this line of research has increased.
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PEGylated Nanographene Oxide for Delivery of Water-Insoluble Cancer Drugs

TL;DR: The results showed that graphene is a novel class of material promising for biological applications including future in vivo cancer treatment with various aromatic, low-solubility drugs.
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PEGylated Nano-Graphene Oxide for Delivery of Water Insoluble Cancer Drugs

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