Phthalocyanines exhibit superior photoproperties that make them a surely attractive class of
photosensitisers for photodynamic therapy of cancer. Several derivatives are at various …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are of increasing interest for their unique properties and their
biocompatability, minimal toxicity, multivalency and size tunability make them exciting drug …

Cancer has been one of the major threats to the lives of human beings for centuries.(1)
Current cancer therapies mainly include surgery, chemotherapies, and radiotherapies …

Cancer immunotherapy is an innovative treatment strategy to enhance the ability of the
immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer cells. However, dose limitations, low …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment strategy where activation of
photosensitizer drugs with specific wavelengths of light results in energy transfer cascades …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as an emerging clinically approved modality, has been used
for treatment of various cancer diseases. Conventional PDT strategies are mainly focused …

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been extensively studied within biomedicine due to their
biocompatibility and low toxicity. In particular, AuNPs have been widely used to deliver …

Photosensitizers (PSs) are light‐sensitive molecules that are highly hydrophobic, which
poses a challenge to their use for targeted photodynamic therapy. Hence, considerable …

ABSTRACT Near‐infrared (NIR) dyes, small organic molecules that function in the NIR
region, have received increasing attention in recent years as diagnostic and therapeutic …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising cancer treatment which involves a
photosensitizer (PS), light at a specific wavelength for PS activation and oxygen, which …