Figure 4.
The combination of PTT with chemotherapy for treatment of cancer metastasis. (A) NIR laser-induced targeted combinational therapy using nanocomposites of thermo- and pH- sensitive polymer functionalized mesoporous silica coated gold nanorods loading DOX. Figure adapted with permission from 23, © 2014 American Chemical Society; (B) an imageable and photothermal “abraxane-like” HSA-ICG-PTX nanodrug for combination cancer therapy of subcutaneous and metastatic breast tumor. Figure adapted with permission from 22, © 2015 John Wiley and Sons.