Photodynamic therapy review: principles, photosensitizers, applications, and future directions

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive therapeutic modality that has gained great attention in the past years as a new therapy for cancer treatment. PDT uses photosensitizers that, after being excited by light at a specific wavelength, react with the molecular oxygen to create reactive o...

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Main Author: Correia, J. H. (author)
Other Authors: Rodrigues, José Artur Oliveira (author), Pimenta, Sara Filomena Ribeiro (author), Dong, Tao (author), Yang, Zhaochu (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
PDT mechanisms
New photosensitizers
PDT tumor treatment
Antimicrobial PDT
Non-oncologic applications of PDT
PDT in medical devices
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/74805
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/74805

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/74805

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