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 …

Nanoparticle-mediated combination therapy: two-in-one approach for cancer

S Gurunathan, MH Kang, M Qasim, JH Kim - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cancer represents a group of heterogeneous diseases characterized by uncontrolled
growth and spread of abnormal cells, ultimately leading to death. Nanomedicine plays a …

Nanomaterials for theranostics: recent advances and future challenges

EK Lim, T Kim, S Paik, S Haam, YM Huh… - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an important report entitled
“Innovation/Stagnation: Challenge and Opportunity on the Critical Path to New Medical …

Nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems for photodynamic therapy of cancer: a review

GMF Calixto, J Bernegossi, LM De Freitas, CR Fontana… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising alternative approach for improved cancer
treatment. In PDT, a photosensitizer (PS) is administered that can be activated by light of a …

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 …

Porphyrin and nonporphyrin photosensitizers in oncology: preclinical and clinical advances in photodynamic therapy

AE O'Connor, WM Gallagher… - Photochemistry and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is now a well‐recognized modality for the treatment of cancer.
While PDT has developed progressively over the last century, great advances have been …

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 …

Graphene oxide mediated delivery of methylene blue for combined photodynamic and photothermal therapy

A Sahu, WI Choi, JH Lee, G Tae - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Nano graphene oxide sheet (nanoGO) was non-covalently functionalized with Pluronic
block copolymer and complexed with methylene blue, a hydrophilic and positively charged …

Novel lignin nanoparticles for oral drug delivery

MS Alqahtani, A Alqahtani, A Al-Thabit… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin nanoparticles (LNPs) were prepared with the objective of evaluating their application
as a novel oral drug delivery system. Curcumin, a polyphenolic natural compound, was used …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene as cancer theranostic tool: progress and future challenges

M Orecchioni, R Cabizza, A Bianco, LG Delogu - Theranostics, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nowadays cancer remains one of the main causes of death in the world. Current diagnostic
techniques need to be improved to provide earlier diagnosis and treatment. Traditional …