Photodynamic therapy: past, present and future

U Chilakamarthi, L Giribabu - The Chemical Record, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Though we crossed many milestones in the field of medicine and health care in eradicating
some deadly diseases over the past decades, cancer remained a challenge taking the lives …

Chemophototherapy: an emerging treatment option for solid tumors

D Luo, KA Carter, D Miranda, JF Lovell - Advanced Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Near infrared (NIR) light penetrates human tissues with limited depth, thereby providing a
method to safely deliver non‐ionizing radiation to well‐defined target tissue volumes. Light …

Biomimetic metal–organic framework nanoparticles for cooperative combination of antiangiogenesis and photodynamic therapy for enhanced efficacy

H Min, J Wang, Y Qi, Y Zhang, X Han, Y Xu… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising anticancer treatment and is clinically approved
for different types of tumors. However, current PDT suffers several obstacles, including its …

Nanotherapeutic intervention in photodynamic therapy for cancer

AM Itoo, M Paul, SG Padaga, B Ghosh, S Biswas - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
The clinical need for photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been growing for several decades.
Notably, PDT is often used in oncology to treat a variety of tumors since it is a low-risk …

Nanoemulsion applications in photodynamic therapy

S Moghassemi, A Dadashzadeh, RB Azevedo… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoemulsion, or nanoscaled-size emulsions, is a thermodynamically stable system formed
by blending two immiscible liquids, blended with an emulsifying agent to produce a single …

Overcoming the limits of hypoxia in photodynamic therapy: a carbonic anhydrase IX-targeted approach

HS Jung, J Han, H Shi, S Koo, H Singh… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A major challenge in photodynamic cancer therapy (PDT) is avoiding PDT-induced hypoxia,
which can lead to cancer recurrence and progression through activation of various …

Engineering of relevant photodynamic processes through structural modifications of metallotetrapyrrolic photosensitizers

JM Dąbrowski, B Pucelik, A Regiel-Futyra… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2016 - Elsevier
Applications of metalloporphyrins and related molecules have been extensively pursued in
the context of photodynamic therapy of cancer (PDT) and other biomedical applications. This …

A near-infrared triggered nanophotosensitizer inducing domino effect on mitochondrial reactive oxygen species burst for cancer therapy

Z Yu, Q Sun, W Pan, N Li, B Tang - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a well-established modality for cancer therapy, which locally
kills cancer cells when light irradiates a photosensitizer. However, conventional PDT is often …

Photodynamic nanomedicine in the treatment of solid tumors: perspectives and challenges

A Master, M Livingston, AS Gupta - Journal of controlled release, 2013 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment strategy where activation of
photosensitizer drugs with specific wavelengths of light results in energy transfer cascades …

[HTML][HTML] Drug carrier for photodynamic cancer therapy

TA Debele, S Peng, HC Tsai - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a non-invasive combinatorial therapeutic modality using
light, photosensitizer (PS), and oxygen used for the treatment of cancer and other diseases …