Abstract Background Combination chemo-photothermal therapy appears to be one of the next generations cancer treatment. In this study hollow gold nanostars (HGNSs) and nanocages (GNCs) were synthesized stabilized with thermo-pH-sensitive thiol-end capped ABC triblock copolymer poly(acrylic acid)-b-poly( N isopropylacrylamide)-b-poly (e-caprolactone)-SH; PAA-b-PNIPAAm-b-PCL-SH (GNSs@Pol). Doxorub...