Call for Papers
Special Issues on Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilizes photosensitizer (PS) together with irradiation light of specific wavelength interacting with oxygen to generate cytotoxic reactive oxygen species, which has been approved for the treatment of several malignant and non-malignant pathologies. Most recently, the enhanced PDT were achieved by using novel nano-PSs, new light sources, oxygen supply and synergistic therapy. Most recently, PDT was widely used in the field of antibacterial, antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activities.
The aim of this special issue is to highlight the latest developments in both fundamental mechanisms and clinical applications for enhanced PDT. This special issue calls for PDT experts to report the most recent advances and to explore the new activities and applications for PDT. Research papers, review articles, short communications and clinical case studies are welcome. Manuscripts will be internationally peer-reviewed. We solicit papers covering various topics of interest that include, but are not limited to the following:
Multifunctional nano-photosensitizer
Novel drug delivery system for photosensitizer
New light source
Photodynamic mechanisms
Synergistic therapy
Vascular-targeting PDT
Optical spectroscopy and imaging for monitoring dosimetry
Enhanced PDT
Preclinical and clinical applications
Submission deadline: April 1, 2022
Planned publication date: July, 2022
Submission format
Authors should use the Latex or MS-Word style files. For more details, please visit https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/jiohs
JIOHS is indexed by SCIE (IF 1.770, JCR 2020). JIOHS has been a fully open-access journal since 2013.
Feature Editors:
Buhong Li
School ofPhotonics and Electronic Engineering,Fujian Normal University
Fuzhou 350117, China
E-mail: bhli@fjnu.edu.cn
Lothar Lilge
Departmentof Medical Biophysics, University of TorontoandOntario Cancer Institute
Toronto M5G 2M9, Canada
E-mail:Lothar.Lilge@uhnresearch.ca
