Sonodynamic therapy, a treatment developing from Photodynamic therapy

Publication date: Available online 10 June 2017
Source:Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Author(s): Liu Rengeng, Zhang Qianyu, Lang Yuehong, Peng Zhongzhong, Li Libo
Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) as a new non-invasive treatment developed from photodynamic (PDT), it can kill tumor cells specifically and selectively. Moreover, recently studies showed SDT has potential to treat solid tumor, leukemia and atherosclerosis, remove proliferative scars and kill pathogenic microorganism. As SDT has an extensive application prospect, SDT attracts more and more researchers in recently years. This thesis aims at making an informative introduction on SDT. With the assistance of related literature from 2012 to 2016, we introduce the progress of SDT research in six aspects: the therapeutic mechanism of SDT, development of the sound sensitizer, exploration of the size and frequency of ultrasonic energy, application of SDT, comparison between SDT and PDT, and current situation and future of SDT.



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