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Local Tumor Nanoparticle Thermal Therapy: A Promising Immunomodulatory Treatment For Canine Cancer.

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Distinct thermal therapies have been used for cancer therapy. For hyperthermia (HT) treatment the tumor tissue is heated to temperatures between 39 and 45°C, while during ablation (AB) temperatures above… Click to show full abstract

Distinct thermal therapies have been used for cancer therapy. For hyperthermia (HT) treatment the tumor tissue is heated to temperatures between 39 and 45°C, while during ablation (AB) temperatures above 50°C are achieved. HT is commonly used in combination with different treatment modalities, such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, for better clinical outcomes. In contrast, AB is usually used as a single modality for direct tumor cell killing. Both thermal therapies have been shown to result in cytotoxicity as well as immune response stimulation. Immunogenic responses encompass the innate and adaptive immune systems and involve the activation of macrophages, dendritic cells, natural killer cells, and T cells. Several heat technologies are used, but great interest arises from nanotechnology-based thermal therapies. Spontaneous tumors in dogs can be a model for cancer immunotherapies with several advantages. In addition, veterinary oncology represents a growing market with an important demand for new therapies. In this review, we will focus on nanoparticle-mediated thermal-induced immunogenic effects, the beneficial potential of integrating thermal nanomedicine with immunotherapies and the results of published works with thermotherapies for cancer using dogs with spontaneous tumors, highlighting the works that evaluated the effect on the immune system in order to show dogs with spontaneous cancer as a good model for evaluated the immunomodulatory effect of nanoparticle-mediated thermal therapies. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

Keywords: oncology; nanoparticle; thermal therapies; treatment; tumor; cancer

Journal Title: Veterinary and comparative oncology
Year Published: 2022

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