Locally Administered Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer Using Nano-Adhesive Photosensitizer

• Main Authors: Yoshiki Komatsu (Author), Toru Yoshitomi (Author), Van Thi Hong Doan (Author), Hiromi Kurokawa (Author), Saori Fujiwara (Author), Naoki Kawazoe (Author), Guoping Chen (Author), Hirofumi Matsui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a great potential anti-tumor therapy owing to its non-invasiveness and high spatiotemporal selectivity. However, systemically administered photosensitizers diffuse in the skin and the eyes for a long duration, which cause phototoxicity to bright light and sunlight. Ther...