Advances in nanomaterials for photodynamic therapy applications: Status and challenges

J Chen, T Fan, Z Xie, Q Zeng, P Xue, T Zheng, Y Chen… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as a non-invasive therapeutic modality that is alternative to
radiotherapy and chemotherapy, is extensively investigated for cancer treatments. Although …

Recent progress in functionalized and targeted polymersomes and chimeric polymeric nanotheranostic platforms for cancer therapy

M Beygi, F Oroojalian, SS Hosseini… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The majority of advances in cancer therapy have been achieved based on developments in
public awareness, as well as novel diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Treatment …

Catch and release photosensitizers: combining dual-action ruthenium complexes with protease inactivation for targeting invasive cancers

K Arora, M Herroon, MH Al-Afyouni… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Dual action agents containing a cysteine protease inhibitor and Ru-based photosensitizer
for photodynamic therapy (PDT) were designed, synthesized, and validated in 2D culture …

Recent advances in radiation therapy and photodynamic therapy

LM Chong, DJH Tng, LLY Tan, MLK Chua… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In the past 100 years, external beam energy for the treatment of cancer has continually
evolved. Two main modes have been developed. The first is radiotherapy which involves …

CD44 Targeting Mediated by Polymeric Nanoparticles and Combination of Chlorine TPCS2a-PDT and Docetaxel-Chemotherapy for Efficient Killing of Breast …

E Gaio, C Conte, D Esposito, E Reddi, F Quaglia… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The presence of rare but highly tumorigenic cancer stem cells (CSCs) within the tumors is
recognized as one of the major reasons of failure of conventional chemotherapies, mainly …

Some Activities of PorphyChem Illustrated by the Applications of Porphyrinoids in PDT, PIT and PDI

B Habermeyer, R Guilard - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy is an innovative approach to treat diverse cancers and diseases that
involves the use of photosensitizing agents along with light of an appropriate wavelength to …

Coordination complexes as a new generation photosensitizer for photodynamic anticancer therapy

K Pobłocki, J Drzeżdżon, T Kostrzewa… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has become an alternative to standard cancer treatment
methods such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The uniqueness of this method …

Hydrogels: soft matters in photomedicine

B Khurana, P Gierlich, A Meindl… - Photochemical & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a shining beacon in the realm of photomedicine, is a non-
invasive technique that utilizes dye-based photosensitizers (PSs) in conjunction with light …

Overview of nanoparticle-based approaches for the combination of Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) and chemotherapy at the preclinical stage

L Menilli, C Milani, E Reddi, F Moret - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The present review represents the outstanding and promising recent
literature reports (2017–2022) on nanoparticle-based formulations developed for anticancer …

Research progress of azido-containing Pt (IV) antitumor compounds

M Mu, J Zhan, X Dai, H Gao - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is a long-known incurable disease, and the medical use of cisplatin has been a
significant discovery. However, the side-effects of cisplatin necessitate the development of …