Nanomaterials for Skin Cancer Photoimmunotherapy
Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, and its incidence continues to increase. It is divided into two main categories, melanoma and non-melanoma. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. The relatively high mortality in melanoma and the existing recurrence ra...
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| author | Carlota M. Relvas Susana G. Santos Maria J. Oliveira Fernão D. Magalhães Artur M. Pinto |
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| description | Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, and its incidence continues to increase. It is divided into two main categories, melanoma and non-melanoma. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. The relatively high mortality in melanoma and the existing recurrence rates, both for melanoma and non-melanoma, create the need for studying and developing new approaches for skin cancer management. Recent studies have focused on immunotherapy, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, and photoimmunotherapy. Photoimmunotherapy has gained much attention due to its excellent potential outcomes. It combines the advantages of photodynamic and/or photothermal therapy with a systemic immune response, making it ideal for metastatic cancer. This review critically discusses different new nanomaterials’ properties and mechanisms of action for skin cancer photoimmunotherapy and the main results obtained in the field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d088d9fa58ad4975a6264d074dcb1fb92023-11-18T00:34:53ZengMDPI AGBiomedicines2227-90592023-04-01115129210.3390/biomedicines11051292Nanomaterials for Skin Cancer PhotoimmunotherapyCarlota M. Relvas0Susana G. Santos1Maria J. Oliveira2Fernão D. Magalhães3Artur M. Pinto4LEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugali3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-180 Porto, Portugali3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-180 Porto, PortugalLEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, 4200-465 Porto, PortugalLEPABE—Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, 4200-465 Porto, PortugalSkin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, and its incidence continues to increase. It is divided into two main categories, melanoma and non-melanoma. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. The relatively high mortality in melanoma and the existing recurrence rates, both for melanoma and non-melanoma, create the need for studying and developing new approaches for skin cancer management. Recent studies have focused on immunotherapy, photodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, and photoimmunotherapy. Photoimmunotherapy has gained much attention due to its excellent potential outcomes. It combines the advantages of photodynamic and/or photothermal therapy with a systemic immune response, making it ideal for metastatic cancer. This review critically discusses different new nanomaterials’ properties and mechanisms of action for skin cancer photoimmunotherapy and the main results obtained in the field.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/5/1292immunotherapyphotothermal therapyphotodynamic therapymelanomabasal cell carcinomasquamous cell carcinoma |
| spellingShingle | Carlota M. Relvas Susana G. Santos Maria J. Oliveira Fernão D. Magalhães Artur M. Pinto Nanomaterials for Skin Cancer Photoimmunotherapy Biomedicines immunotherapy photothermal therapy photodynamic therapy melanoma basal cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma |
| title | Nanomaterials for Skin Cancer Photoimmunotherapy |
| title_full | Nanomaterials for Skin Cancer Photoimmunotherapy |
| title_fullStr | Nanomaterials for Skin Cancer Photoimmunotherapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nanomaterials for Skin Cancer Photoimmunotherapy |
| title_short | Nanomaterials for Skin Cancer Photoimmunotherapy |
| title_sort | nanomaterials for skin cancer photoimmunotherapy |
| topic | immunotherapy photothermal therapy photodynamic therapy melanoma basal cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/11/5/1292 |
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