Photo-thermal cancer therapy using gold nanorods

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 761-763

  Fourkal, E ^a   Velchev, I ^a   Taffo, A ^a   Ma, C ^a   Khazak, ^b   Skobeleva, N ^b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NexusPharma Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold nanorods; Photo thermal therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; GOLD; GOLD NANORODS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; NANORIBBONS; NANORODS;

CANCER THERAPY; CYTOTOXICITY EFFECTS; MALIGNANT CELLS; NANOROD CONCENTRATIONS; NEW APPROACHES; OVARIAN CANCER CELLS; PHOTO-THERMAL; X RAY RADIATION;

CELLS;

EID: 77949850438     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03885-3_211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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