Gold Nanoshell Cancer Therapy (2005)
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IIRC brain tumors can be really tricky to treat and this method showed some promise. The testing on mice was working well back around 2010 and I figured it would be further along by now.
NOVA used to have a neat video about it so I just linked to the first thing after searching for nanoshells. Here's an article about it at least: