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SUBMITTER: Sun W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6956812 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Wenjing W Zhou Zijian Z Pratx Guillem G Chen Xiaoyuan X Chen Hongmin H
Theranostics 20200101 3
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown great effectiveness in oncotherapy but has not been implemented in broad clinical applications because the limited penetration depth of the light used has been unable to reach deep-seated tumors. However, X-rays have been widely used in the clinical field for imaging and radiation therapy due to their excellent tissue penetration depth. Recently, X-rays have been established as an ideal excitation source for PDT, which holds great promise for breaking the dep ...[more]