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. 2016 Oct 7;11:5163–5185. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S112660

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Photothermal treatments for in vivo tumor ablation using PEG–SWCNTs.

Notes: (A) Schematic view of the procedure and results of PEG–SWCNT-mediated photothermal treatment of tumors in mice; (B) photograph of a mouse bearing KB tumor cells (~70 mm3); (C) photograph of a mouse after intratumoral injection of PEG–SWCNT solution (~120 mg/L, 100 µL); (D) photograph of NIR irradiation (808 nm, 76 W/cm3) for 3 minutes to tumor region. Reprinted with permission from Moon HK, Lee SH, Choi HC. In vivo near-infrared mediated tumor destruction by photothermal effect of carbon nanotubes. ACS Nano. 2009;3(11):3707–3713.131 Copyright 2009 American Chemical Society.

Abbreviations: NIR, near infrared; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; PEG, polyethylene glycol; SWCNTs, single-walled carbon nanotubes; KB, human epidermoid carcinoma.