Laser and radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia treatment via gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites

Alsayed AM Elsherbini1, Mahmoud Saber2, Mohamed Aggag2, Ahmed El-Shahawy2, Hesham AA Shokier11National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science, 2Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, EgyptIntroduction: The current radiofrequency ablation technique requires invasive needle placement. On the othe...

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Autores principales: Elsherbini AAM, Saber M, Aggag M, El-Shahawy A, Shokier HAA
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:848f1d67dc6642489d4eaf2e5c9b06a12021-12-02T08:08:33ZLaser and radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia treatment via gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites1176-91141178-2013https://doaj.org/article/848f1d67dc6642489d4eaf2e5c9b06a12011-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/laser-and-radiofrequency-induced-hyperthermia-treatment-via-gold-coate-a8377https://doaj.org/toc/1176-9114https://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Alsayed AM Elsherbini1, Mahmoud Saber2, Mohamed Aggag2, Ahmed El-Shahawy2, Hesham AA Shokier11National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science, 2Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, EgyptIntroduction: The current radiofrequency ablation technique requires invasive needle placement. On the other hand, most of the common photothermal therapeutic methods are limited by lack of accuracy of targeting. Gold and magnetic nanoparticles offer the potential to heat tumor tissue selectively at the cellular level by noninvasive interaction with laser and radiofrequency.Methods: Gold nanospheres and gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites were used for inducing hyperthermia to treat subcutaneous Ehrlich carcinoma implanted in female mice.Results: In mice treated with gold nanospheres, tumors continued to grow but at a slow rate. In contrast, more than 50% of the tumors treated with gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites completely disappeared.Conclusion: This simple and noninvasive method shows great promise as a technique for selective magnetic photothermal treatment.Keywords: laser, hyperthermia, gold magnetic nanocomposites, Ehrlich carcinomaElsherbini AAMSaber MAggag MEl-Shahawy AShokier HAADove Medical PressarticleMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol 2011, Iss default, Pp 2155-2165 (2011)
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Saber M
Aggag M
El-Shahawy A
Shokier HAA
Laser and radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia treatment via gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites
description Alsayed AM Elsherbini1, Mahmoud Saber2, Mohamed Aggag2, Ahmed El-Shahawy2, Hesham AA Shokier11National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science, 2Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, EgyptIntroduction: The current radiofrequency ablation technique requires invasive needle placement. On the other hand, most of the common photothermal therapeutic methods are limited by lack of accuracy of targeting. Gold and magnetic nanoparticles offer the potential to heat tumor tissue selectively at the cellular level by noninvasive interaction with laser and radiofrequency.Methods: Gold nanospheres and gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites were used for inducing hyperthermia to treat subcutaneous Ehrlich carcinoma implanted in female mice.Results: In mice treated with gold nanospheres, tumors continued to grow but at a slow rate. In contrast, more than 50% of the tumors treated with gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites completely disappeared.Conclusion: This simple and noninvasive method shows great promise as a technique for selective magnetic photothermal treatment.Keywords: laser, hyperthermia, gold magnetic nanocomposites, Ehrlich carcinoma
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author Elsherbini AAM
Saber M
Aggag M
El-Shahawy A
Shokier HAA
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Saber M
Aggag M
El-Shahawy A
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title Laser and radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia treatment via gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites
title_short Laser and radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia treatment via gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites
title_full Laser and radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia treatment via gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites
title_fullStr Laser and radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia treatment via gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites
title_full_unstemmed Laser and radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia treatment via gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites
title_sort laser and radiofrequency-induced hyperthermia treatment via gold-coated magnetic nanocomposites
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2011
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