Clinical development and potential of photothermal and photodynamic therapies for cancer

X Li, JF Lovell, J Yoon, X Chen - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
Light-activated, photosensitizer-based therapies have been established as safe modalities
of tumour ablation for numerous cancer indications. Two main approaches are available …

Synthesis, applications, and prospects of graphene quantum dots: a comprehensive review

A Ghaffarkhah, E Hosseini, M Kamkar, AA Sehat… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Graphene quantum dot (GQD) is one of the youngest superstars of the carbon family. Since
its emergence in 2008, GQD has attracted a great deal of attention due to its unique …

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 …

Transition metal complexes and photodynamic therapy from a tumor-centered approach: challenges, opportunities, and highlights from the development of TLD1433

S Monro, KL Colon, H Yin, J Roque III, P Konda… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Transition metal complexes are of increasing interest as photosensitizers in photodynamic
therapy (PDT) and, more recently, for photochemotherapy (PCT). In recent years, Ru (II) …

[HTML][HTML] Combined photodynamic and photothermal therapy and immunotherapy for cancer treatment: a review

C Kong, X Chen - International journal of nanomedicine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Photoactivation therapy based on photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy
(PTT) has been identified as a tumour ablation modality for numerous cancer indications …

Nanotechnology for multimodal synergistic cancer therapy

W Fan, B Yung, P Huang, X Chen - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
The complexity, diversity, and heterogeneity of tumors seriously undermine the therapeutic
potential of treatment. Therefore, the current trend in clinical research has gradually shifted …

Oncologic photodynamic therapy: basic principles, current clinical status and future directions

D Van Straten, V Mashayekhi, HS De Bruijn, S Oliveira… - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved cancer therapy, based on a
photochemical reaction between a light activatable molecule or photosensitizer, light, and …

Engineered nanomaterials for synergistic photo-immunotherapy

R Guo, S Wang, L Zhao, Q Zong, T Li, G Ling, P Zhang - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanomaterial-synergized photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT), as
efficient and non-invasive treatment modalities, have shown significant advantages in …

Immunomodulatory nanosystems

X Feng, W Xu, Z Li, W Song, J Ding… - Advanced science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy has emerged as an effective strategy for the prevention and treatment of a
variety of diseases, including cancer, infectious diseases, inflammatory diseases, and …

Core-shell nanoscale coordination polymers combine chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy to potentiate checkpoint blockade cancer immunotherapy

C He, X Duan, N Guo, C Chan, C Poon… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Advanced colorectal cancer is one of the deadliest cancers, with a 5-year survival rate of
only 12% for patients with the metastatic disease. Checkpoint inhibitors, such as the …