The therapeutic use of light, as we know it, begins in 1900 when Raab reported that the
combination of acridine orange and light could destroy living organisms (paramecium)[1]. In …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an innovative and attractive modality for the treatment of
small and superficial tumours. PDT, as a multi-modality treatment procedure, requires both a …

In photodynamic therapy, one of the problems limiting the use of many photosensitizers (PS)
is the difficulty in preparing pharmaceutical formulations that enable their parenteral …

Advances in the use of photosensitizers for detection and treatment of malignant tumors
during the previous reviews in this journal have been mainly in the areas of development of …

Targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT) offers the opportunity of enhancing photodynamic
efficiency by directly targeting diseased cells and tissues. While antibody-conjugates have …

This updated review aims to describe the current status in the development of liposome-
based systems for the targeted delivery of phthalocyanines for photodynamic therapy (PDT) …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) are
techniques that combine the effects of visible light irradiation with subsequent biochemical …

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) has been designated as a promising new modality in the
treatment of cancer and other diseases since the early 1980s. It has been used with success …

The focus of this review is to describe the state-of-art in the development of innovative drug
delivery systems for phthalocyanines as photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT) …

The proposed mechanisms by which tumours concentrate photosensitisers are reviewed.
Tumour-associated macrophages have been shown by others to accumulate up to nine …