Transforming a Targeted Porphyrin Theranostic Agent into a PET Imaging Probe for Cancer
<p>Porphyrin based photosensitizers are useful agents for photodynamic therapy (PDT) and fluorescence imaging of cancer. Porphyrins are also excellent metal chelators forming highly stable metallo-complexes making them efficient delivery vehicles for radioisotopes. Here we investigated the pos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ivyspring International Publisher
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Theranostics |
| Online Access: | http://www.thno.org/v01p0363.htm |