Photodynamic therapy (PDT), as a non-invasive therapeutic modality that is alternative to
radiotherapy and chemotherapy, is extensively investigated for cancer treatments. Although …

Cancer accounted for 7.6 million deaths (around 13% of all deaths) worldwide in 2008.(1)
Almost 13 million cancer cases are newly diagnosed every year, and deaths are projected to …

Squaraine dyes are a class of organic dyes with strong and narrow absorption bands in the
near-infrared. Despite high molar absorptivities and fluorescence quantum yields, these …

The second edition of this best-selling handbook is bigger, more comprehensive, and now
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The development of probes for early monitoring tumor therapy response may greatly benefit
the promotion of photodynamic therapy (PDT) efficacy. Singlet oxygen (1O2) generation is a …

This work reports a newly designed pH-activatable and aniline-substituted aza-boron-
dipyrromethene as a trifunctional photosensitizer to achieve highly selective tumor imaging …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an emerging treatment modality that employs the
photochemical interaction of three components: light, photosensitizer, and oxygen …

Abstract Background and Objectives Molecular oxygen in the tissue to be treated by
photodynamic therapy (PDT) is critical for photodynamic cell killing. The fluence rate of PDT …

It is desirable to quantify the distribution of the light fluence rate, the optical properties, the
drug concentration, and the tissue oxygenation for photodynamic therapy (PDT) of prostate …

Abstract Singlet oxygen (1O2) is the major cytotoxic agent responsible for cell killing for type‐
II photodynamic therapy (PDT). An empirical four‐parameter macroscopic model is …