Using X-rays in photodynamic therapy: an overview

L Larue, AB Mihoub, Z Youssef, L Colombeau… - Photochemical & …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy is a therapeutic option to treat cancer and other diseases. PDT is
used every day in dermatology, and recent developments in the treatment of glioblastoma …

Nanoparticles to mediate X‐ray‐induced photodynamic therapy and Cherenkov radiation photodynamic therapy

B Cline, I Delahunty, J Xie - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as an attractive option for cancer treatment.
However, conventional PDT is activated by light that has poor tissue penetration depths …

A review of progress in clinical photodynamic therapy

Z Huang - Technology in cancer research & treatment, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has received increased attention since the regulatory
approvals have been granted to several photosensitizing drugs and light applicators …

New approaches to photodynamic therapy from types I, II and III to type IV using one or more photons

K M. Scherer, R H. Bisby, S W. Botchway… - Anti-Cancer Agents …, 2017 - benthamdirect.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative cancer treatment to conventional surgery,
radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It is based on activating a drug with light that triggers the …

[HTML][HTML] X-ray induced photodynamic therapy: A combination of radiotherapy and photodynamic therapy

GD Wang, HT Nguyen, H Chen, PB Cox, L Wang… - Theranostics, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Conventional photodynamic therapy (PDT)'s clinical application is limited by depth of
penetration by light. To address the issue, we have recently developed X-ray induced …

Photophysics and photochemistry of photodynamic therapy: fundamental aspects

K Plaetzer, B Krammer, J Berlanda, F Berr… - Lasers in medical …, 2009 - Springer
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment modality for cancer and various other diseases.
The clinical protocol covers the illumination of target cells (or tissue), which have been …

Combination of photodynamic therapy with anti-cancer agents

MF Zuluaga, N Lange - Current medicinal chemistry, 2008 - ingentaconnect.com
Degenerative diseases such as cancer usually involve more than one pathological process.
Therefore, attempts to combat such diseases with monotherapeutic approaches may not …

[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy review: principles, photosensitizers, applications, and future directions

JH Correia, JA Rodrigues, S Pimenta, T Dong, Z Yang - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive therapeutic modality that has gained
great attention in the past years as a new therapy for cancer treatment. PDT uses …

[HTML][HTML] Light technology for efficient and effective photodynamic therapy: A critical review

JF Algorri, M Ochoa, P Roldan-Varona… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment for cancerous
tumours in which light technologies play a crucial role. An attempt to answer a long-standing …

Progress in the development of nanosensitizers for X-ray-induced photodynamic therapy

XD Ren, XY Hao, HC Li, MR Ke, BY Zheng… - Drug Discovery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•X-ray-induced photodynamic (X-PDT) is a new approach to tackle deep tumors.•X-
ray-induced sensitizers (XSs) are the key to X-PDT.•The development of XSs is discussed in …