Open AccessCombination of Chemotherapy and Photodynamic Therapy with Oxygen Self-Supply in the Form of Mutual Assistance for Cancer Therapy
Author(s) -
Ying Chen,
Lei Zhang,
Fangxuan Li,
Jindong Sheng,
Changxiao Xu,
Dan Li,
Huimei Yu,
Wenxin Liu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s298146
Subject(s) - photodynamic therapy , in vivo , micelle , biocompatibility , drug delivery , ethylene glycol , drug , chemotherapy , pharmacology , in vitro , prodrug , cancer research , materials science , biophysics , medicine , chemistry , nanotechnology , biochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , aqueous solution
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been widely researched by cancer therapists in recent years. This study aims to establish a drug delivery system combining PDT and chemotherapy to show that chemotherapeutic drugs provide oxygen to PDT, while PDT promotes the release of chemotherapeutic drug.