This comprehensive review provides the current trends and recent developments of
porphyrin-based photosensitizers. We discuss their evolution from first-generation to third …

Photosensitizer-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been considered as a promising
modality for fighting diverse types of cancers. PDT directly inhibits local tumors by a …

The immunotherapeutic effect elicited by photodynamic therapy (PDT) is attenuated by
tumor defense mechanisms associated with glutamine metabolism, including the metabolic …

Immuno-photodynamic therapy (IPDT) has emerged as a new modality for cancer treatment.
Novel photosensitizers can help achieve the promise inherent in IPDT, namely, the complete …

The field of cancer immunotherapy has shown significant growth, and researchers are now
focusing on effective strategies to enhance and prolong local immunomodulation. Injectable …

Polysaccharide-based nanocarriers (PBNs) are the focus of extensive investigation because
of their biocompatibility, low cost, wide availability, and chemical versatility, which allow a …

Dendrimers are a family of polymers with highly branched structure, well‐defined
composition, and extensive functional groups, which have attracted great attention in …

Hydrogels, composed of hydrophilic polymer networks, have emerged as versatile materials
in biomedical applications due to their high water content, biocompatibility, and tunable …

When hydrogel materials with excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability are used as
excellent new drug carriers in the treatment of cancer, they confer the following three …

Effective repolarization of macrophages has emerged as a promising approach for
anticancer therapy. However, there are very few studies on the effect of reprogramming …