Photodynamic Therapy: Past, Present and Future

• Published in: Chemical record Vol. 17; no. 8; pp. 775 - 802
• Main Authors: Chilakamarthi, Ushasri, Giribabu, Lingamallu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2017
• Subjects: Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Humans; Immunity; Lasers; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Pain; Photochemotherapy; Photodynamic therapy; Photofrin; Photosensitizing Agents - therapeutic use; Quality of life; Radiation therapy; Sensitizer; Side effects; Singlet Oxygen; Singlet Oxygen; Photodynamic therapy; Photofrin; Sensitizer; Cancer

Though we crossed many milestones in the field of medicine and health care in eradicating some deadly diseases over the past decades, cancer remained a challenge taking the lives of millions of people and having adverse effects on the quality of life of survivors. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy, the...