Application of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials in Thermal Ablation Therapy of Cancer
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Environmental Science & Technology Group (ESTg), Chemical & Materials Engineering Department, Nazarbayev University, 53 Kabanbay batyr ave., 010000 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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PI National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, 53 Kabanbay batyr ave., 010000 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Department of Pedagogical Sciences, Astana International University, 8 Kabanbay batyr ave., 010000 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation Lab, Department of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 21-00128 Roma, Italy
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Giuseppe La Masa 1, 20156 Milano, Italy
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The Environment & Resource Efficiency Cluster (EREC), Nazarbayev University, 53 Kabanbay batyr ave., 010000 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
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Nanomaterials 2019, 9(9), 1195; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091195
Received: 22 July 2019 / Revised: 14 August 2019 / Accepted: 16 August 2019 / Published: 24 August 2019
Cancer is one of the major health issues with increasing incidence worldwide. In spite of the existing conventional cancer treatment techniques, the cases of cancer diagnosis and death rates are rising year by year. Thus, new approaches are required to advance the traditional ways of cancer therapy. Currently, nanomedicine, employing nanoparticles and nanocomposites, offers great promise and new opportunities to increase the efficacy of cancer treatment in combination with thermal therapy. Nanomaterials can generate and specifically enhance the heating capacity at the tumor region due to optical and magnetic properties. The mentioned unique properties of nanomaterials allow inducing the heat and destroying the cancerous cells. This paper provides an overview of the utilization of nanoparticles and nanomaterials such as magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles, nanorods, nanoshells, nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, and other nanoparticles in the thermal ablation of tumors, demonstrating their advantages over the conventional heating methods.
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Keywords:
magnetic nanoparticles; gold nanoparticles; nanocomposites; nanorods; nanoshells; carbon nanotubes; cancer tumor; thermal ablation; photothermal ablation; laser ablation
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Ashikbayeva, Z.; Tosi, D.; Balmassov, D.; Schena, E.; Saccomandi, P.; Inglezakis, V. Application of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials in Thermal Ablation Therapy of Cancer. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091195
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Ashikbayeva Z, Tosi D, Balmassov D, Schena E, Saccomandi P, Inglezakis V. Application of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials in Thermal Ablation Therapy of Cancer. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(9):1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091195
Chicago/Turabian StyleAshikbayeva, Zhannat; Tosi, Daniele; Balmassov, Damir; Schena, Emiliano; Saccomandi, Paola; Inglezakis, Vassilis. 2019. "Application of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials in Thermal Ablation Therapy of Cancer" Nanomaterials 9, no. 9: 1195. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9091195
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