ABSTRACT
The utilization of light for the treatment of cancer is an important field of research. The treatment of cancer with light requires the irradiation of the tissues with light and is generally known as photodynamic therapy or photothermal therapy depending upon whether the absorption of light by the photosensitizers produce singlet oxygen or results in an increase in temperature. Nanoscale metal-organic frameworks are a new class of hybrid materials which have shown the potential for sensing, catalysis and have been used as effective nanocarriers for drug delivery due to their structural and compositional tunability. This chapter discusses the recent advances in the field of phototherapy of cancer using nanoscale metal-organic frameworks.
