Photodynamic therapy: A next alternative treatment strategy for hepatocellular carcinoma?

Table 1 Summary of photosensitizers molecules in photodynamic therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma in recent years

PSs	Animal model	Ref.
ICG	Patient-derived orthotopic xenograft mice	Hong et al[58]
ICG	Huh-7 tumor-bearing nude mice	Shirata et al[49]
m-THPC (Foscan®)	Rat model with Walker-256 hepatoma cells	Wang et al[59]
Endogenous PpIX from 5-ALA	Diethylnitrosamine-induced HCC in Fisher-344 rats	Otake et al[60]
HpD	2-Acetylaminofluorene-induced HCC in Fisher-344 rats	Kita et al[61]

PSs: Photosensitizers; ICG: Indocyanine green; m-THPC: Meta-tetra (hydroxyphenyl) chlorin/temoporfin; PpIX: Protoporphyrin IX; 5-ALA: 5-aminolaevulinic acid; HpD: Hematoporphyrin derivatives; HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma.