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The study aimed to confirm that anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) monoclonal antibody-conjugated hollow gold nanospheres (anti-EGFR/HGNs) can be selectively uptaken by cervical cancer cells and induce its apoptosis when combined with radiotherapy, as a result enhancing radiosensitivity of cervical cancer cells.

To determine the efficacy of these two agents in enhancing radiosensitivity under in vivo settings, FaDu tumor xenografts were generated in mice and the treatments were initiated when the tumor xenografts reached 7-mm in size.

Preoperative chemoradiation (CRT) has the potential advantages of eliminating distant micrometastases at an early stage, enhancing radiosensitivity because of better oxygenated tissue, lowering incidence of acute toxicity compared with postoperative CRT and increasing sphincter preservation.

Recent studies that have investigated GNPs as a radiosensitizer usually focused on kV radiosensitization, while GNPs have also been reported to enhance radiosensitivity with MV photons and electrons in breast cancer cells [31].

The present findings indicate that p16 enhanced radiosensitivity via increased cell death, and that this enhancement did not depend on p53 status.

However, when the 90th percentile value of 160 aberrations per 100 cells for the partner control group was used as the cutoff point for increased radiosensitivity, 13, 4 and 18% of the partner control, cancer survivor and offspring groups, respectively, were classified radiosensitive, while no individual from the WRI control group displayed enhanced radiosensitivity.

To demonstrate that the GNCs can enhance radiosensitivity, we carried out a clonogenic survival assay.

Therefore, novel therapeutic agents are urgently needed to enhance radiosensitivity so as to improve the outcome in these patients.

AS exhibited potential ability to enhance radiosensitivity of human NSCLC A549 cells by increasing the NO level within irradiated A549 cells [42].

GNPs have been observed to enhance radiosensitivity by regulating cell cycle and increasing the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) [35].

Gold nanoparticles are heavy metals with increased f factor that enhance radiosensitivity have been studied in mice (Hainfeld et al. 2004; Wilson et al. 2009).