Progress in inorganic nanomaterials for photothermal therapy of cancer / 肿瘤

ABSTRACT

Traditional methods of cancer treatment such as surgical resection, chemotherapy and radiotherapy have certain limitations, and their treatment effects are not always satisfactory. As a new cancer treatment method, photothermal therapy based on nanomaterials has attracted people's attention due to its characteristics of minimally invasive, high efficiency, low side effects and inhibition of cancer metastasis. At present, there are a variety of inorganic or organic nanomaterials used in the field of photothermal cancer treatment, and have shown great application prospects. In this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of inorganic nanomaterials for photothermal therapy as well as their research progress are reviewed.