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SUBMITTER: Tang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6867707 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tang Wei W Zhen Zipeng Z Wang Mengzhe M Wang Hui H Chuang Yen-Jun YJ Zhang Weizhong W Wang Geoffrey D GD Todd Trever T Cowger Taku T Chen Hongmin H Liu Lin L Li Zibo Z Xie Jin J
Advanced functional materials 20160203 11
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment modality for cancer management. So far, most PDT studies have focused on delivery of photosensitizers to tumors. O<sub>2</sub>, another essential component of PDT, is not artificially delivered but taken from the biological milieu. However, cancer cells demand a large amount of O<sub>2</sub> to sustain their growth and that often leads to low O<sub>2</sub> levels in tumors. The PDT process may further potentiate the oxygen deficiency, and in tu ...[more]