Inorganic Nanoparticles Applied for Active Targeted Photodynamic Therapy of Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative modality to conventional cancer treatment, whereby a specific wavelength of light is applied to a targeted tumor, which has either a photosensitizer or photochemotherapeutic agent localized within it. This light activates the photosensitizer in the presence of molecular oxygen to produce phototoxic species, which in turn obliterate cancer cells. The incidence rate of breast cancer (BC) is regularly growing among women, which are currently being treated with methods, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. These conventional treatment methods are invasive and often produce unwanted side effects, whereas PDT is more specific and localized method of cancer treatment. The utilization of nanoparticles in PDT has shown great advantages compar

SUBMITTER: Montaseri H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7996317 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature