Nanoparticles as vehicles for delivery of photodynamic therapy agents

Denise Bechet, Pierre Couleaud, Céline Frochot, Marie-Laure Viriot, François Guillemin, Muriel Barberi-Heyob. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) in cancer treatment involves the uptake of a photosensitizer by cancer tissue followed by photoirradiation. The use of nanoparticles as carriers of photosensitizers is a....