Functional supramolecular systems: Design and applications

IS Antipin, MV Alfimov, VV Arslanov… - Russian Chemical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The interest in functional supramolecular systems for the design of innovative materials and
technologies, able to fundamentally change the world, is growing at a high pace. The huge …

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 …

Nanoparticles in photodynamic therapy

SS Lucky, KC Soo, Y Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
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 …

Zinc (II) phthalocyanines as photosensitizers for antitumor photodynamic therapy

LP Roguin, N Chiarante, MCG Vior, J Marino - The international journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Photodynamic therapy: Inception to application in breast cancer

SM Banerjee, AJ MacRobert, CA Mosse, B Periera… - The Breast, 2017 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is already being used in the treatment of many cancers. This
review examines its components and the new developments in our understanding of its …

A concise review on cancer treatment methods and delivery systems

E Bidram, Y Esmaeili, H Ranji-Burachaloo… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ultimate purpose of current cancer research is to develop a comprehensive treatment for
cancer. Recent studies have shown an increased interest in investigating the capacity of …

A review of nanoparticle photosensitizer drug delivery uptake systems for photodynamic treatment of lung cancer

MG Mokwena, CA Kruger, MT Ivan, A Heidi - … and photodynamic therapy, 2018 - Elsevier
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) …

Metal nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy: A potential treatment for breast cancer

L Shang, X Zhou, J Zhang, Y Shi, L Zhong - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignant tumor in women worldwide, which
seriously threatens women's physical and mental health. In recent years, photodynamic …

Targeted photodynamic therapy as potential treatment modality for the eradication of colon cancer and colon cancer stem cells

N Hodgkinson, CA Kruger, H Abrahamse - Tumor Biology, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Colorectal cancer is commonly treated by tumour resection, as chemotherapy and radiation
have proven to be less effective, especially if the tumour has metastasized. Resistance to …

Enhancing breast cancer treatment using a combination of cannabidiol and gold nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy

D R. Mokoena, B P. George, H Abrahamse - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Indisputably, cancer is a global crisis that requires immediate intervention. Despite the use
of conventional treatments over the past decades, it is acceptable to admit that these are …