[Hyperthermia on colorectal cancer: gold nanoshells-mediated photothermal therapy].

Colon cancer or colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignant neoplasms in the world, characterized by uncontrolled cell growth on the colon mucosa. Treatment approaches depend primarily on the characteristics of the tumor´s localization, size, metastasis, and the health status of the patient. Nanomedicine shows itself as a novelty strategy to overcome the limitations of the therapies used in the clinic due to the disregard of the mechanisms associated with multidrug resistance because of the nanometric size of the particles utilized.