Nanostructure-mediated thermal therapy - The path from bench to clinic

Nanomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-117

  Hauck, Tanya ^a   Chan, Warren C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Carbon nanotiihe; Gold nanorod; Hyperthermia therapy; Nanoshell

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249056433     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/17435889.1.1.115     Document Type: Note

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