Combination of chemotherapy and Au-nanoparticle photothermy in the visible light to tackle doxorubicin resistance in cancer cells

Despite great advances in the fight against cancer, traditional chemotherapy has been hindered by the dose dependent adverse side effects that reduce the usable doses for effective therapy. This has been associated to drug resistance in tumor cells that often cause relapse and therapy failure. These...

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Main Author: Pedrosa, Pedro (author)
Other Authors: Mendes, Rita (author), Cabral, Rita (author), Martins, Luisa (author), Baptista, Pedro (author), Fernandes, Alexandra (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/9106
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/9106