A novel theranostic gold nanorods- and Adriamycin-loaded micelle for EpCAM targeting, laser ablation, and photoacoustic imaging of cancer stem cells in hepatocellular carcinoma

Locatelli, E; Li, Y; Monaco, I; Guo, W; Maturi, M; Menichetti, L; Armanetti, P; Martin, RC; Franchini, MC

Franchini, MC (reprint author), Dept Ind Chem Toso Montanari, Viale Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna, Italy.; Martin, RC (reprint author), Univ Louisville, Sch Med, Dept Surg, E Broadway 315, Louisville, KY 40202 USA.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NANOMEDICINE, 2019; 14 (): 1877

Abstract

Introduction and purpose: Cancer stem cells (CSCs) present a higher capacity to evade being killed by cancer agents and developing chemoresistance, th......

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