Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) are therapeutic
techniques based on a photosensitizer (PS) and light. These techniques allow the spatial …

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

Photo–triggered therapeutic modalities for cancer have attracted enormous attention in
recent years due to the easily focused and tuned properties of irradiation light that enable …

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 …

Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer related deaths worldwide and so current research
is focused on trying to improve treatment modalities, such as photodynamic therapy (PDT) …

The impact of substituents on the photochemical and biological properties of
tetraphenylporphyrin-based photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy of cancer (PDT) as …

Zinc phthalocyanine (ZnPc) is a highly potent second-generation photosensitizer for cancer
photodynamic therapy (PDT) with attractive photo-physical and photo-chemical properties …

The synthesis and photochemical properties of six new lipophilic chalcogen tetrasubstituted
zinc (II) phthalocyanines and their corresponding water-soluble cationic derivatives were …

Cationic Zn phthalocyanine complexes were synthesized using Knoevenagel reaction
starting from a Zn (II) tetrakis (2-formylphenoxy) phthalocyanine (1) to form Zn (II) tetrakis (1 …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as an effective and minimally invasive treatment
option for several diseases, including some forms of cancer. However, several drawbacks of …