Photodynamic Therapy of Oral Cancer and Novel Liposomal Photosensitizers

• Main Authors: Nejat Düzgüneş (Author), Jaroslaw Piskorz (Author), Paulina Skupin-Mrugalska (Author), Metin Yıldırım (Author), Melike Sessevmez (Author), Jennifer Cheung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Photodynamic therapy facilitates the selective destruction of cancer tissue by utilizing a photosensitizer drug, the light near the absorbance wavelength of the drug, and oxygen. Methylene Blue, 5-aminolevulinic acid (the precursor of the photosensitizer, protoporphyrin IX), porphyrin, Foscan, Chlor...