Results from a FAPESP-supported research center pave the way for expanding the use of photodynamic therapy in the fight ...

In this Review, we explore the potential of one such technique, photodynamic therapy (PDT), for the treatment of organ-confined prostate cancer. PDT uses a photosensitizing drug that is activated ...

In a major step forward for cancer treatment, researchers have developed a new type of “smart” chemical that attacks ...

The new light-sensitive chemicals called cyanine-carborane salts are used in photodynamic therapy, or PDT, to destroy metastatic breast cancer tumors in mice with minimal side effects. A wife and ...