<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgj1xv7s7bx" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />Photothermal therapy has gained worldwide attention for its less painful, non invasive/minimally invasive, effective thermal ablation based therapy for cancer.</p> </abstract>