Indocyanine green and its nanosynthetic particles for the diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Zhe Fan; Jingjing Zong; Wan Yee Lau; Yewei Zhang

Indocyanine green and its nanosynthetic particles for the diagnosis and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Am J Transl Res. 2020 Jun 15;12(6):2344-2352. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Zhe Fan^{1

2}, Jingjing Zong¹, Wan Yee Lau³, Yewei Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University China.
² Department of General Surgery, The Third People's Hospital of Dalian, Dalian Medical University China.
³ Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.

PMID: 32655776
PMCID: PMC7344064

Abstract

Indocyanine green (ICG) is an amphiphilic dye, which has been used as a diagnostic agent for decades. It is becoming increasingly utilized for the diagnosis and treatment of several diseases. Primary liver cancer is a common malignancy, particularly in China. We review the published literature describing how ICG plays increasingly important roles in the diagnosis, surgical planning and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Keywords: Hepatocellular carcinoma; diagnosis and treatment; indocyanine green; nanoparticles; photodynamic therapy; photothermic therapy.

Publication types

Review