Phototherapy of cancer

The Phototherapy of Cancer a Mode of Treatment Still at the Research Stage. Cancer is the uncontrolled proliferation of cells which build up into tumours. Treatments rely on the elimination of diseased cells, through surgery, through the effects of ionizing radiation or through chemicals. 

Woodbum, K.W. et al. (1996) Phototherapy of cancer and atheromatous plaque with texaphyrins, Journal of clinical laser medicine surgery 14, 343-8. 

Functionalization of nanoparticles with porphyrins and analogous macrocycles opened the way to important applications, such as, to name only a few gelators [8], phototherapy of cancer [9], degradation of organic pollutants by singlet oxygen photosensitization [10], and photoexcited electron transfer [11]. The interest in porphyrin-based nanoreactors lies in the possibility of using a variety of metals that can enter in catalytic processes [12]. 

Cheng L, Wang C, Feng L, Yang K, liu Z. Functional nanomaterials for phototherapies of cancer. Chem Rev 2014 114 10869-939. 

Spherical and Anisotropic Cold Nanomaterials in Plasmonic Laser Phototherapy of Cancer... 

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