title: Advances in cancer research using gold nanoparticles mediated photothermal ablation.
abstract: Recent research suggests that nanotechnologies may lead to the development of novel cancer treatment. Gold nanoparticles with their unique physical and chemical properties hold great hopes for the development of thermal-based therapies against human malignancies. This review will focus on various strategies that have been developed to use gold nanoparticles as photothermal agents against human cancers.
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Nanomedicine Department, Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Lucian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mocan
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Nanomedicine Department, Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Cristian T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Matea
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Nanomedicine Department, Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bartos
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Department of Gastroenterology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Ofelia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mosteanu
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Department of Gastroenterology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Teodora
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pop
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Department of Physiology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Teodora
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mocan
authors.affiliation: 3Department of Surgery, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Nanomedicine Department, Octavian Fodor Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Cornel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iancu
keywords: cancer; gold nanoparticles; photothermal ablation