Targeted photodynamic therapy of cancer using photoimmunoconjugates based on pyropheophorbide a derivatives
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilises light, oxygen and organic macrocycles, called photosensitisers, to produce reactive oxygen species that can kill malignant cells. Conventional PDT is associated with side effects that have stifled its advance and widespread use. These include low tumour selectivit...
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Imperial College London
2010
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.528698 |