Liposomal photosensitizers: potential platforms for anticancer photodynamic therapy

Photodynamic therapy is a well-established and clinically approved treatment for several types of cancer. Antineoplastic photodynamic therapy is based on photosensitizers, i.e., drugs that absorb photons translating light energy into a chemical potential that damages tumor tissues. Despite the encou...

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Main Authors: L.A. Muehlmann, G.A. Joanitti, J.R. Silva, J.P.F. Longo, R.B. Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2011-08-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011000800001