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Commentary

Nanophotosensitive Drugs for Light-Based Cancer Therapy: What Does the Future Hold?

Rui Tang1 Optical Radiology Lab, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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LeMoyne M Habimana-Griffin1 Optical Radiology Lab, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA;2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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Daniel D. Lane1 Optical Radiology Lab, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA;2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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Christopher Egbulefu1 Optical Radiology Lab, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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Samuel Achilefu1 Optical Radiology Lab, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA;2 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA;3 Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1101-1105 | Received 06 Mar 2017, Accepted 15 Mar 2017, Published online: 27 Apr 2017

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