Superselective arterial embolization with drug-loaded microspheres for the treatment of unresectable breast cancer.

Background: To investigate the short-term efficacy and safety of drug-eluting bead transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (DEB-TACE) using CalliSpheres microspheres in the treatment of unresectable locally advanced breast cancer (LABC).

Methods: DEB-TACE using CSM was performed in 15 patients with LABC after failure of medical treatment. The efficacy was evaluated based on the modified Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (mRECIST).

Light driving force for surface patterning on azobenzene-containing polymers.

In this paper, we investigated the effect of light driving force induced surface deformation on azobenzene-containing polymers. The surface deformation is attributed to light-induced mass migration inside the polymers. Circular cap arrays are firstly fabricated by high power laser ablation via polarization controlled three-beam interference.

All-optical fabrication of ellipsoidal caps on azobenzene functional polymers.

We have fabricated an azobenzene (azo) polymer microellipsoidal cap array of hexagonal symmetry with high-power laser ablation and subsequent single-beam-induced mass migration. High-power interference with polarization-controlled triple beams is utilized to inscribe a circular bump array directly on the surface of the azo polymer film. The produced circular cap array is exposed to the linearly polarized beam, and the caps are stretched along the polarization direction of the irradiating beam.