Photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer: from local to systemic treatment

JM Dąbrowski, LG Arnaut - Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) requires a medical device, a photosensitizing drug and
adequate use of both to trigger biological mechanisms that can rapidly destroy the primary …

Imaging and photodynamic therapy: mechanisms, monitoring, and optimization

JP Celli, BQ Spring, I Rizvi, CL Evans… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The purpose of this review is to present the current state of the role of imaging in
photodynamic therapy (PDT). For the reader to fully appreciate the context of the discussions …

Photodynamic therapy

TJ Dougherty, CJ Gomer, BW Henderson… - Journal of National …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Photodynamic therapy involves administration of a tumorlocalizing photosensitizing agent,
which may require metabolic synthesis (ie, a prodrug), followed by activation of the agent by …

Mechanisms in photodynamic therapy: Part three—Photosensitizer pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, tumor localization and modes of tumor destruction

AP Castano, TN Demidova, MR Hamblin - … and photodynamic therapy, 2005 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been known for over a hundred years, but is only now
becoming widely used. Originally developed as cancer therapy, some of its most successful …

[PDF][PDF] Photobleaching of sensitisers used in photodynamic therapy

R Bonnett, G Martınez - Tetrahedron, 2001 - nathan.instras.com
TETRAHEDRON 0040±4020/01/$-see front matter q 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights
reserved. PII: S0040-4020 01) 00952-8 p Corresponding author. Fax: 144-20-7882-7794; e …

Implicit and explicit dosimetry in photodynamic therapy: a new paradigm

BC Wilson, MS Patterson, L Lilge - Lasers in medical science, 1997 - Springer
Dosimetry for photodynamic therapy (PDT) is becoming increasingly complex as more
factors are identified which may influence the effectiveness of a given treatment. The simple …

[图书][B] CRC Handbook of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, Volumes 1 & 2

WM Horspool, F Lenci - 2003 - taylorfrancis.com
The second edition of this best-selling handbook is bigger, more comprehensive, and now
completely current. In addition to thorough updates to the discussions featured in the first …

The role of photodynamic therapy (PDT) physics

TC Zhu, JC Finlay - Medical physics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an emerging treatment modality that employs the
photochemical interaction of three components: light, photosensitizer, and oxygen …

Milestones in the development of photodynamic therapy and fluorescence diagnosis

A Juzeniene, Q Peng, J Moan - Photochemical & Photobiological …, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Many reviews on PDT have been published. This field is now so large, and embraces so
many subspecialities, from laser technology and optical penetration through diffusing media …

X-ray induced singlet oxygen generation by nanoparticle-photosensitizer conjugates for photodynamic therapy: determination of singlet oxygen quantum yield

S Clement, W Deng, E Camilleri, BC Wilson… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Singlet oxygen is a primary cytotoxic agent in photodynamic therapy. We show that CeF3
nanoparticles, pure as well as conjugated through electrostatic interaction with the …