Fighting Hypoxia to Improve PDT

• Main Authors: Ludivine Larue (Author), Bauyrzhan Myrzakhmetov (Author), Amina Ben-Mihoub (Author), Albert Moussaron (Author), Noémie Thomas (Author), Philippe Arnoux (Author), Francis Baros (Author), Régis Vanderesse (Author), Samir Acherar (Author), Céline Frochot (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has drawn great interest in recent years mainly due to its low side effects and few drug resistances. Nevertheless, one of the issues of PDT is the need for oxygen to induce a photodynamic effect. Tumours often have low oxygen concentrations, related to the abnormal struct...