Research advances in thermochemotherapy of drug-loaded magnetic micro/nano-particles / 国际肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Thermochemotherapy by drug-loaded magnetic micro/nano-particles is attracting increasing attention because it combines the advantages of chemotherapy and high targeting and selectivity of hyperthermia,especially intra-cellular hyperthermia.Magnetic micro/nano-particles,usually consisting of biodegradable pely-mers matrics co-incorporated with ferromagnetic particles and anti-cancer drugs,will generate heat when exposed to an externally applied alternating magnetic fields due to electromagnetic induction by ferro-particles,in the meanwhile,sensitivity of anti-cancer drug will be greatly enhanced by higher temperature.Tumors will greatly suppressed by the synergetic effect of chemotherapy and targeted hyperthermia.