Photothermal therapy (PTT) has been widely applied in cancer therapy as a result of its non-
invasive, localized treatment and good therapeutic effect. In general, the final therapeutic …

Exosome is a subgroup of extracellular vesicles, which has been serving as an efficient
therapeutic tool for various diseases. Engineered exosomes are the sort of exosomes …

Photoactivation therapy based on photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy
(PTT) has been identified as a tumour ablation modality for numerous cancer indications …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-based nanodynamic therapies are attractive treatment
cancer strategies with excellent characteristics such as high selectivity, low toxicity and low …

Intraoperative fluorescent imaging can provide real-time identification of tumours, lymph
nodes, nerves and other healthy and malignant tissues during oncological surgery …

Phototherapy is effective for triggering the immunogenic cell death (ICD) effect. However, its
efficacy is limited by low 1O2 generation and photothermal conversion efficacy due to two …

Fluorophores with donor-acceptor-donor groups with the emission spanning the second
near-infrared window (NIR-II) have recently received great attention for biomedical …

Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging, which affords high imaging resolution owing to
deep tissue penetration of NIR photons, is an attractive imaging modality for both biomedical …

Developing effective lymph-node (LN) targeting and imaging probes is crucial for the early
detection and diagnosis of tumor metastasis to improve patient survival. Most current clinical …

Phototheranostics, which simultaneously combines photodynamic and/or photothermal
therapy with deep‐tissue diagnostic imaging, is a promising strategy for the diagnosis and …