This review presents a robust strategy to design photosensitizers (PSs) for various species.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a photochemical-based treatment approach that involves the …

Cancer has emerged over the last decades as one of the deadliest diseases in the world.
Among the most commonly used techniques (ie surgery, immunotherapy, radiotherapy or …

There has been emerging interest in the exploitation of the photophysical and
photochemical properties of transition metal complexes for diagnostic and therapeutic …

Metal agents have made incredible strides in preclinical research and clinical applications in
recent years, but their short emission/absorption wavelengths continue to be a barrier to …

Every year novel biologically active compounds are designed as antitumor agents. This
review covers and highlights some of the most important findings described during 2018 …

Limited therapeutic efficacy to hypoxic and refractory solid tumors has hindered the practical
application of photodynamic therapy (PDT). Two new benzothiophenylisoquinoline (btiq) …

As a less O2‐dependent photodynamic therapy (PDT), type I PDT is an effective approach to
overcome the hypoxia‐induced low efficiency against solid tumors. However, the commonly …

A critical issue in photodynamic therapy (PDT) is inadequate reactive oxygen species (ROS)
generation in tumors, causing inevitable survival of tumor cells that usually results in tumor …

Ru (II) complexes that undergo photosubstitution reactions from triplet metal-centered (3MC)
excited states are of interest in photochemotherapy (PCT) due to their potential to produce …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) represents a promising approach for cancer treatment.
However, the oxygen dependency of PDT to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) …