Carbohydrate ligands-directed active tumor targeting of combinatorial chemotherapy/phototherapy-based nanomedicine: A review

MM Agwa, H Elmotasem, H Elsayed… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phototherapies or light mediated therapies, including mutually photothermal and
photodynamic therapy that encompass irradiation of the target organs with light, have been …

Advent in proteins, nucleic acids, and biological cell membranes functionalized nanocarriers to accomplish active or homologous tumor targeting for smart …

MM Agwa, H Elmotasem, RI Moustafa… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conventional cancer mono-therapeutic approaches including radiotherapy, surgery, and
chemotherapy don't always achieve satisfactory outcomes and are frequently associated …

A review of advanced nanoformulations in phototherapy for cancer therapeutics

A Hak, VR Shinde, AK Rengan - Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phototherapy has the potential to play a greater role in oncology. Phototherapy converts
light energy into either chemical energy or thermal energy, which eventually destroys cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-orthogonal click-targeting nanocomposites for chemo-photothermal synergistic therapy in breast cancer

J Qiao, F Tian, Y Deng, Y Shang, S Chen, E Chang… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Chemo-photothermal synergistic treatment has a high potential to complement traditional
cancer therapy and amplify its outcome. Precision in the delivery of these therapeutic agents …

Recent progress in synergistic chemotherapy and phototherapy by targeted drug delivery systems for cancer treatment

J Cao, Z Chen, J Chi, Y Sun, Y Sun - Artificial cells, nanomedicine …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Although it's pharmacological effect for cancer therapy, conventional chemotherapy has
been compromised by a series of shortcomings such as limited stability, nonspecific tumour …

Synergic antitumor effect of photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy mediated by nano drug delivery systems

M Aghajanzadeh, M Zamani, F Rajabi Kouchi… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review provides a summary of recent progress in the development of different nano-
platforms for the efficient synergistic effect between photodynamic therapy and …

Multifunctional photoactive nanomaterials for photodynamic therapy against tumor: recent advancements and perspectives

R Jain, S Mohanty, I Sarode, S Biswas, G Singhvi… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Numerous treatments are available for cancer, including chemotherapy, immunotherapy,
radiation therapy, hormone therapy, biomarker testing, surgery, photodynamic therapy, etc …

Core-matched nanoassemblies for targeted co-delivery of chemotherapy and photosensitizer to treat drug-resistant cancer

D Jiang, M Xu, Y Pei, Y Huang, Y Chen, F Ma, H Lu… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Emergence of drug resistance in tumors causes therapeutic failure or tumor relapse.
Combination of chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy holds significant promise to treat …

Precision cancer nanotherapy: evolving role of multifunctional nanoparticles for cancer active targeting

A Ahmad, F Khan, RK Mishra… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticles with multifunctionality are being designed and formulated to overcome
various limitations of drugs as well as conventional drug delivery systems. Engineered …

Nanoparticulate photosensitizer decorated with hyaluronic acid for photodynamic/photothermal cancer targeting therapy

X Wang, X Ouyang, J Chen, Y Hu, X Sun, Z Yu - Nanomedicine, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: A photomedicine consisting of a core for photothermal therapy, a photosensitizer for
photodynamic therapy, and a cancer-targeting moiety was fabricated to improve …