Theranostic applications of carbon nanomaterials in cancer: Focus on imaging and cargo delivery

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 210, Issue , 2015, Pages 230-245

  Chen, Daiqin ^a   Dougherty, Casey A ^a   Zhu, Kaicheng ^a   Hong, Hao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Carbon nanomaterials; Drug delivery; Molecular imaging; Theranostics

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON; DISEASES; DRUG DELIVERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANODIAMONDS; NANOHORNS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE BEAMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; YARN;

BIOLOGICAL COMPATIBILITY; CANCER; CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; DELIVERY VECTOR; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); STATE OF THE ART; THERANOSTICS;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; DOXORUBICIN; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM; GRAPHENE; NANOCARRIER; NANODIAMOND; NANOGRAPHENE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; PACLITAXEL; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALS; CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84931563413     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: 18734995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.04.021     Document Type: Review

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