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A Comparative Study of Clinical Intervention and Interventional Photothermal Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer

  • Yanyan Hu
  • , Chongwei Chi
  • , Shunhao Wang
  • , Lingxiong Wang
  • , Ping Liang
  • , Fangyi Liu
  • , Wenting Shang
  • , Weiwei Wang
  • , Fengrong Zhang
  • , Shanshan Li
  • , Heyun Shen
  • , Xiaoling Yu*
  • , Huiyu Liu
  • , Jie Tian
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Although nanoparticle-based photothermal therapy (PTT) has been intensively investigated recently, its comparative efficiency with any clinical cancer treatments has been rarely explored. Herein for the first time we report a systematic comparative study of clinical iodine-125 (125I) interstitial brachytherapy (IBT-125-I) and interventional PTT (IPTT) in an orthotopic xenograft model of human pancreatic cancer. IPTT, based on the nanoparticles composing of anti-urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) antibody, polyethylene glycol (PEG), and indocyanine green (ICG) modified gold nanoshells (hereinafter uIGNs), is directly applied to local pancreatic tumor deep in the abdomen. In comparison to IBT-125-I, a 25% higher median survival rate of IPTT with complete ablation by one-time intervention has been achieved. The IPTT could also inhibit pancreatic tumor metastasis which can be harnessed for effective cancer immunotherapy. All results show that this IPTT is a safe and radical treatment for eradicating tumor cells, and may benefit future clinical pancreatic cancer patients.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1700448
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume29
Issue number33
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Sep 2017
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • active targeting
  • clinical intervention
  • gold nanoshells
  • interventional photothermal therapy
  • pancreatic cancer

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