Recent progresses in phototherapy-synergized cancer immunotherapy

• Main Authors: Li, Jingchao, Pu, Kanyi, Ng, Chee Wee
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Phototherapy; Photothermal; DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biochemical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87475; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46706
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Cancer immunotherapy have recently gained much attention in the search of cancer cure due to its ability to “train” the immune system in seeking out and removing residual tumor cells. However, relying on cancer immunotherapy alone may fail to ablate primary tumors. Phototherapy is a promising modali...