Assessment and Modeling of Plasmonic Photothermal Therapy Delivered via a Fiberoptic Microneedle Device Ex Vivo

• Main Authors: Forhad Akhter (Author), Santiago Manrique-Bedoya (Author), Chris Moreau (Author), Andrea Lynn Smith (Author), Yusheng Feng (Author), Kathryn M. Mayer (Author), R. Lyle Hood (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) has potential as a superior treatment method for pancreatic cancer, a disease with high mortality partially attributable to the currently non-selective treatment options. PPTT utilizes gold nanoparticles infused into a targeted tissue volume and exposed to a spe...