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. 2020 Jan 19;12(1):242. doi: 10.3390/cancers12010242
AMF Alternating magnetic field
ATO Arsenic trioxide
Au Gold
BBB Blood brain barrier
BCNU Carmustine
CED Convection enhanced delivery
CQ Chloroquine
CTX Chlorotoxin
CSC Cancer stem cells
DOX Doxorubicin
EPR Enhanced permeability and retention effect
Gd Gadolinium
GBM Glioblastoma multiforme
GMP Good manufacturing practice
MHT Magnetic hyperthermia, the application of an alternating magnetic field on magnetic nanoparticles
NK Natural killer
PTX Paclitaxel
PAM Polyacrylamide
PAMAM Poly(amidoamine)
PDT Photodynamic therapy, the application of a laser light on a photosensitizer to produce ROS
PLGA Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
PEG Polyethylene glycol
PTT Photothermal therapy, the application of laser light on nanoparticles, producing heat through plasmonic effects
RGD Arginylglycylaspartic acid peptide
RNS Radical nitrogen species
ROS Radical oxygen species
T cells T lymphocytes
TMZ Temozolomide
TME Tumor microenvironment
VEGF Vascular endothelium growth factor