Unique Diagnostic and Therapeutic Roles of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines in Photodynamic Therapy, Imaging and Theranostics

Porphyrinic molecules have a unique theranostic role in disease therapy; they have been used to image, detect and treat different forms of diseased tissue including age-related macular degeneration and a number of different cancer types. Current focus is on the clinical imaging of tumour tissue; tar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Josefsen, Leanne B., Boyle, Ross W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3475217/