An updated overview on the development of new photosensitizers for anticancer photodynamic therapy

• Main Authors: Juan Zhang (Author), Chengshi Jiang (Author), João Paulo Figueiró Longo (Author), Ricardo Bentes Azevedo (Author), Hua Zhang (Author), Luis Alexandre Muehlmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT), based on the photoactivation of photosensitizers (PSs), has become a well-studied therapy for cancer. Photofrin®, belonging to the first generation of PS, is still widely used for the treatment of different kinds of cancers; however, it has several drawbacks that signific...