Overcoming barriers in photodynamic therapy harnessing nano-formulation strategies

J **e, Y Wang, W Choi, P Jangili, Y Ge, Y Xu… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively investigated for decades for tumor
treatment because of its non-invasiveness, spatiotemporal selectivity, lower side-effects, and …

Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment and Diagnosis of Cancer–A Review of the Current Clinical Status

G Gunaydin, ME Gedik, S Ayan - Frontiers in chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been used as an anti-tumor treatment method for a long
time and photosensitizers (PS) can be used in various types of tumors. Originally, light is an …

Photodynamic therapy: a compendium of latest reviews

JF Algorri, M Ochoa, P Roldan-Varona… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In recent years, numerous general and specific reviews about
photodynamic therapy and related subtopics have been published. The diversity of reviews …

Light technology for efficient and effective photodynamic therapy: A critical review

JF Algorri, M Ochoa, P Roldan-Varona… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment for cancerous
tumours in which light technologies play a crucial role. An attempt to answer a long-standing …

Some natural photosensitizers and their medicinal properties for use in photodynamic therapy

TP Kubrak, P Kołodziej, J Sawicki, A Mazur… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite significant advances in early diagnosis and treatment, cancer is one of the leading
causes of death. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a therapy for the treatment of many …

Targeting mitochondria in cancer therapy: Insight into photodynamic and photothermal therapies

J Kadkhoda, A Tarighatnia, ND Nader, A Aghanejad - Life sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are critical multifunctional organelles in cells that generate power, produce
reactive oxygen species, and regulate cell survival. Mitochondria that are dysfunctional are …

Recent advances in fluorescence imaging-guided photothermal therapy and photodynamic therapy for cancer: From near-infrared-I to near-infrared-II

H Luo, S Gao - Journal of Controlled Release, 2023 - Elsevier
Phototherapy (including photothermal therapy, PTT; and photodynamic therapy, PDT) has
been widely used for cancer treatment, but conventional PTT/PDT show limited therapeutic …

Nanomaterials-based photosensitizers and delivery systems for photodynamic cancer therapy

XT Yu, SY Sui, YX He, CH Yu, Q Peng - Biomaterials Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing cancer morbidity and mortality requires the development of high-efficiency
and low-toxicity anticancer approaches. In recent years, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has …

Current advances in photodynamic therapy (PDT) and the future potential of PDT-combinatorial cancer therapies

N Alvarez, A Sevilla - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a two-stage treatment that implies the use of light energy,
oxygen, and light-activated compounds (photosensitizers) to elicit cancerous and …

Photodynamic therapy for cancer: mechanisms, photosensitizers, nanocarriers, and clinical studies

W Zhao, L Wang, M Zhang, Z Liu, C Wu, X Pan… - MedComm, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a temporally and spatially precisely controllable,
noninvasive, and potentially highly efficient method of phototherapy. The three components …