The Application of Nanoparticle‐Based Imaging and Phototherapy for Female Reproductive Organs Diseases

Lihua Luo, Huanli Zhou, Huan‐Li Zhou, Sijie Wang, Mei Pang, Pang Mei, Junlei Zhang, Yilong Hu, Jian You
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2023 · vol. 20(41) , pp. e2207694 · doi:10.1002/smll.202207694 · PMID:37154216 · W4375862498
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This review explores nanoparticle-based imaging and phototherapies for early diagnosis and effective treatment of various female reproductive organ diseases, addressing challenges like personalization, early cancer detection, and antibiotic resistance.

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Various female reproductive disorders affect millions of women worldwide and bring many troubles to women's daily life. Let alone, gynecological cancer (such as ovarian cancer and cervical cancer) is a severe threat to most women's lives. Endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and other chronic diseases-induced pain have significantly harmed women's physical and mental health. Despite recent advances in the female reproductive field, the existing challenges are still enormous such as personalization of disease, difficulty in diagnosing early cancers, antibiotic resistance in infectious diseases, etc. To confront such challenges, nanoparticle-based imaging tools and phototherapies that offer minimally invasive detection and treatment of reproductive tract-associated pathologies are indispensable and innovative. Of late, several clinical trials have also been conducted using nanoparticles for the early detection of female reproductive tract infections and cancers, targeted drug delivery, and cellular therapeutics. However, these nanoparticle trials are still nascent due to the body's delicate and complex female reproductive system. The present review comprehensively focuses on emerging nanoparticle-based imaging and phototherapies applications, which hold enormous promise for improved early diagnosis and effective treatments of various female reproductive organ diseases.

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endometriosis

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Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female

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