Photodynamic Therapy for Bladder Cancers, A Focused Review

KMM Rahman, P Giram, BA Foster… - Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bladder cancer is the first cancer for which PDT was clinically approved in 1993.
Unfortunately, it was unsuccessful due to side effects like bladder contraction. Here, we …

Application of targeted drug delivery based on nano platform in diagnosis and treatment of bladder cancer

YF Wang, ZF Shen, F Xiang, H Wang… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bladder cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the urinary tract, with an
estimated 550,000 new cases occurring worldwide each year. Despite aggressive treatment …

A narrative history of photodynamic therapy

K Moghissi, RR Allison - Nanomaterials for Photodynamic Therapy, 2023 - Elsevier
It has been a Sisyphean task to bring and maintain photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the clinic.
PDT involves an inherent or applied photochemical agent, aptly termed a photosensitizer …