Researchers from Romania have developed and tested a new method of treatment for human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Their article entitled "Enhanced laser thermal ablation for the in vitro treatment of liver cancer by specific delivery of multiwalled carbon nanotubes functionalized with human serum albumin" was published in the International Journal of Nanomedicine in January 2011.
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