title: Irradiation-mediated carbon nanotubes' use in cancer therapy.
abstract: Anticancer drugs such as biological therapeutic proteins and peptides are used for treatment of a variety of tumors. However, their wider use has been hindered by their poor bioavailability and the uncontrollable sites of action in vivo. Cancer nano-therapeutics is rapidly progressing, which is being applied for solving some limitations of conventional drug delivery systems. To improve the bio-distribution of anticancer drugs, carbon nanotubes have been used as one of the most effective drug carriers. This review discusses the carbon nanotubes-mediated methods for the delivery of anticancer drugs, with emphasis on the radiation-induced drug-targeted releasing and selective photo-thermal cancer therapy.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Resources Chemistry of Nonferrous Metals, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
authors.forename: Jin-Gang
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Fei-Peng
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Xiao-Qing
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xin-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zhi-Guang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Dong-Ming
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Du-Shu
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005720:Gamma Rays / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D007259:Infrared Rays / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon