Photodynamic therapy (PDT), a therapeutic mode involving light triggering, has been
recognized as an attractive oncotherapy treatment. However, nonnegligible challenges …

Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Owing to their high extinction coefficients, long absorption wavelengths, and modification
tunable photophysical and photochemical properties, phthalocyanines (Pcs) have been …

Photoacoustic (PA) tomography is a noninvasive technology that utilizes near-infrared (NIR)
excitation and ultrasonic detection to image biological tissue at centimeter depths. While …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment modality where light-mediated activation of
photosensitizers in a patient's body leads to the generation of cytotoxic reactive oxygen …

Cancer phototherapy, including photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy
(PTT), has been extensively studied in recent years because of its noninvasive properties …

The complex network of naturally occurring biological pathways motivates the development
of new synthetic molecules to perturb and/or detect these processes for fundamental …

Drug delivery systems (DDSs) have showed a reduced systemic toxicity and enhanced
therapeutic efficacy over conventional cancer treatments. However, after reaching the …

On-demand release of chemotherapeutic drugs from their prodrugs triggered by light
irradiation has been attracting great attention for effective cancer treatment. Herein, we …

Increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been associated with numerous
pathophysiological conditions including cancer and inflammation and the ROS stimulus …