Open Access<p>The Synergistic Effect of Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy in Magnetite Nanomedicine-Based Lung Cancer Treatment</p>
Author(s) -
Shih-Hsien Yang,
Chung-Huan Huang,
ChungHao Wang,
MingJium Shieh,
Ke-Cheng Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s281029
Subject(s) - nanomedicine , chemotherapy , medicine , hyperthermia , cisplatin , lung cancer , pharmacology , in vivo , cancer research , cancer , oncology , materials science , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer patient death in the world. There are many treatment options for lung cancer, including surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and combined therapy. Despite significant progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer during the past few decades, the prognosis is still unsatisfactory.