CAMBIEN , B.

Nanotechnologies are being widely studied for medical applications, both diagnosis and treatment. They have already shown great promise, especially to treat cancer through various strategies such as chemotherapy, photothermal therapy or radiation therapies. High-Z elements nanoparticles are of particular interest for the latter, considering...

Today, even though treatments have much improved, cancer is still a leading cause of death in the world, being responsible for 1 death out of 6. Radiotherapy is widely used for tumor treatment, but suffers from side effects due to the irradiation of healthy surrounding tissues. Another issue is the radioresistance developed by some tumor cells,...

Liver and lung metastases are the predominant cause of colorectal cancer (CRC)-related mortality. Recent research has indicated that CXCR3/chemokines interactions that orchestrate haematopoetic cell movement are implicated in the metastatic process of malignant tumours, including that of CRC cells to lymph nodes. To date, however, the...