Imaging and photodynamic therapy: mechanisms, monitoring, and optimization

JP Celli, BQ Spring, I Rizvi, CL Evans… - Chemical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The purpose of this review is to present the current state of the role of imaging in
photodynamic therapy (PDT). For the reader to fully appreciate the context of the discussions …

Conjugated photosensitizers for imaging and PDT in cancer research

JCS Simões, S Sarpaki… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Early cancer detection and perfect understanding of the disease are imperative toward
efficient treatments. It is straightforward that, for choosing a specific cancer treatment …

The role of photodynamic therapy in overcoming cancer drug resistance

BQ Spring, I Rizvi, N Xu, T Hasan - Photochemical & photobiological …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Many modalities of cancer therapy induce mechanisms of treatment resistance and escape
pathways during chronic treatments, including photodynamic therapy (PDT). It is …

Cell death pathways associated with photodynamic therapy: an update

D Kessel, NL Oleinick - Photochemistry and photobiology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has the potential to make a significant impact on cancer
treatment. PDT can sensitize malignant tissues to light, leading to a highly selective effect if …

A photoactivable multi-inhibitor nanoliposome for tumour control and simultaneous inhibition of treatment escape pathways

BQ Spring, R Bryan Sears, LZ Zheng, Z Mai… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Nanoscale drug delivery vehicles can facilitate multimodal therapies of cancer by promoting
tumour-selective drug release. However, few are effective because cancer cells develop …

Photonanomedicine: a convergence of photodynamic therapy and nanotechnology

G Obaid, M Broekgaarden, AL Bulin, HC Huang… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
As clinical nanomedicine has emerged over the past two decades, phototherapeutic
advancements using nanotechnology have also evolved and impacted disease …

Visualized photodynamic nanomaterials activating tumor-associated immune landscape as a next-generation anticancer strategy

L Tian, X Li, L Guo, L Huang, X Wu, W Gao - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
As advances in high-resolution single-cell technology shed light on the complex
microenvironment of tumors, the focus of clinical strategies has shifted to single-cell …

Strategies for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy Effects

S Verma, GM Watt, Z Mai… - Photochemistry and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment modality for the selective destruction of
cancerous and nonneoplastic pathologies that involves the simultaneous presence of light …

Current prospects for treatment of solid tumors via photodynamic, photothermal, or ionizing radiation therapies combined with immune checkpoint inhibition (a review)

S Anand, TA Chan, T Hasan, EV Maytin - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) causes selective damage to tumor cells and vasculature and
also triggers an anti-tumor immune response. The latter fact has prompted the exploration of …

Photocatalytic generation of oxygen radicals by the water-soluble bacteriochlorophyll derivative WST11, noncovalently bound to serum albumin

I Ashur, R Goldschmidt, I Pinkas… - The journal of …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Light-induced radical generation is the hallmark of fundamental processes and many
applications including photosynthesis and photodynamic therapy (PDT). In this manuscript …