Multifunctional Theranostic Agent of Cu2(OH)PO4 Quantum Dots for Photoacoustic Image-Guided Photothermal/Photodynamic Combination Cancer Therapy

• Published in: ACS applied materials & interfaces Vol. 9; no. 11; pp. 9348 - 9358
• Main Authors: Guo, Wei, Qiu, Zhenyu, Guo, Chongshen, Ding, Dandan, Li, Tianchan, Wang, Fei, Sun, Jianzhe, Zheng, Nannan, Liu, Shaoqin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 22.03.2017
• Subjects: antineoplastic activity; image analysis; irradiation; neoplasm cells; photochemotherapy; polyacrylic acid; quantum dots; tomography; uterine cervical neoplasms; Cu2(OH)PO4; theranostics; photoacoustic imaging; photodynamic therapy; photothermal therapy

Image-guided phototherapy is considered to be a prospective technique for cancer treatment because it can provide both oncotherapy and bioimaging, thus achieving an optimized therapeutic efficacy and higher treatment accuracy. Compared to complicated systems with multiple components, using a single...