Cancer is a leading cause of death in many countries around the world. However, the
efficacy of current standard treatments for a variety of cancers is suboptimal. First, most …

Antibacterial photodynamic therapy (APDT) has drawn increasing attention from the
scientific society for its potential to effectively kill multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria and …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a promising alternative to conventional
cancer therapies such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. PDT comprises the …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a highly specific and clinically approved method for cancer
treatment in which a nontoxic drug known as photosensitizer (PS) is administered to a …

Radiotherapy (RT), the major anti-cancer modality for more than half of cancer patients after
diagnosis, has the advantage of local tumor control with relatively less systematic side …

As clinical nanomedicine has emerged over the past two decades, phototherapeutic
advancements using nanotechnology have also evolved and impacted disease …

Background/Aims: Although photodynamic therapy (PDT) can relieve esophageal
obstruction and prolong survival time of patients with esophageal cancer, it can induce …

Background: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) induces tumor cell death by oxidative stress and
hypoxia but also survival signaling through activation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) …

The efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in some solid tumors is limited by the poor
biodistributive properties of conventional photosensitizers and a natural predisposition of …

Background and aim A photosensitizer (PS) delivery and comprehensive tumor targeting
platform was developed that is centered on the photosensitization of key pharmacological …