Photodynamic Therapy in Cancer
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Biology and Oncology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 16840
Special Issue Editor
Interests: photodynamic therapy, tumor imaging-guided surgery; targeted drug delivery and nanomedicines; light and nanomaterial-based combination therapies
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is clinically approved for the treatment of various cancer and non-cancer applications. It exerts direct efficacy in destroying primary tumors, utilizing a light-activable molecule—termed a photosensitizer—light of an appropriate wavelength, along with oxygen, to impart cytotoxicity via the generation of reactive molecular species. In addition to therapeutic effects, photosensitizer-mediated fluorescence can also be used for image-guided surgery. Benefiting from the rapid development of nanotechnology, sophisticated targeting approaches and the emergence of nanocarriers for the codelivery of multiple therapeutics, PDT in combination with chemotherapy, photothermal therapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy can significantly enhance treatment outcomes, minimizing the off-target effects.
This Special Issue, Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer, aims to publish the latest research and translational work in the field of PDT in original articles related to nanodelivery carriers, photochemical and photobiological aspects, targeted drug delivery, tumor image-guided surgery, immunogenic cell death, and PDT-based multimodal therapies of cancer.
Dr. Shazia Bano
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- photodynamic therapy
- targeted drug delivery and drug release systems
- photodiagnosis/tumor imaging
- PDT-induced immunogenic cell death
- nanomaterials-based combination therapies
- theranostics
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