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    Functionalized graphene nanocomposites for enhancing photothermal therapy in tumor treatment
    (2016-10-01)
    Chen, Yu-Wei
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    Su, Yu-Lin
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    Hu, Shang-Hsiu
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    Chen, San-Yuan
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    材料科學與工程學系
    Graphene and its derivatives have unique physical and chemical properties that make them promising vehicles for photothermal therapy (PTT)-based cancer treatment. With intrinsic near-infrared (NIR) absorption properties, graphene-based nanomaterials can be used for PTT and other therapeutics, particularly in combination therapy, to provide successful thermal ablation of cancer cells. In the recent years, advances in graphene-based PTT have produced efficient and efficacious tumor inhibition via nanomaterial structural design and different functionalizations of graphene-derived nanocomposites. Graphene-based nanosystems exhibit multifunctional properties that are useful for PTT applications including enhancement of multimodalities, guided imaging, enhanced chemotherapy and low-power efficient PTT for optimum therapeutic efficiency. Therefore, in this review, we address critical issues and future aspects of PTT-based combination therapy. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.