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SUBMITTER: Bagley AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3788585 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bagley Alexander F AF Hill Samuel S Rogers Gary S GS Bhatia Sangeeta N SN
ACS nano 20130820 9
Plasmonic nanomaterials including gold nanorods are effective agents for inducing heating in tumors. Because near-infrared (NIR) light has traditionally been delivered using extracorporeal sources, most applications of plasmonic photothermal therapy have focused on isolated subcutaneous tumors. For more complex models of disease such as advanced ovarian cancer, one of the primary barriers to gold nanorod-based strategies is the adequate delivery of NIR light to tumors located at varying depths w ...[more]