| 5-Aminolevulinic acid | (5-ALA) |
| Activated partial thromboplastin time tests | (aPTT) |
| Adenosine triphosphate | (ATP) |
| Basal cell carcinoma | (BCC) |
| Baseline or ground state | (S0) |
| B-cell lymphoma 2 | (Bcl-2) |
| Bcl-2–associated X | (Bax) |
| Blue light-emitting diode | (BLED) |
| Blue-light-emitting diode- photodynamic therapy | (BLED-PDT). |
| Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia | (CIN) |
| Chitosan | (CHT) |
| Cholesteryl hemisuccinate | (CHEMS) |
| Chondroitin sulfate | (CS) |
| Circulating tumor cells | (CTCs) |
| Colorectal cancer | (CRC) |
| Confocal laser scanning microscopy | (CLSM) |
| Continuous wave | (CW) |
| Curcumin | (Cur) |
| Curcumin conjugated silver nanoparticles | (CUR-AgNPs) |
| Curcumin loaded PLGA nanoparticles | (CUR-PLGA NPs) |
| Curcumin nanocrystals | (Cur-NCs) |
| Curcumin nanoparticles | (CUR-NPs) |
| Curcumin-loaded liposomes | (Lipo-Cur) |
| Curcumin-nanoemulsion | (CNE) |
| Curcumin-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles | (Cur-SLNs) |
| Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma | (cSCC) |
| Cyclodextrins | (CDs) |
| Demethoxycurcumin | (DMC) |
| Dendrosomal Nano Curcumin | (DNC) |
| Deoxyadenosine triphosphate | (dATP) |
| Dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate | (DCFH-DA) |
| Dioleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine | (DOPE) |
| Dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide | (DMSO) |
| Distearoyl phosphoethanolamine | (DSPE) |
| EGFRvIII overexpressed human glioblastoma cell line | (DKMG/EGFRvIII cells) |
| Epidermal growth factor | (EGF) |
| Epidermal growth factor receptor | (EGFR) |
| European Medicines Agency | (EMA) |
| Ferric chloride hexahydrate | (FeCl3·6H2O) |
| Ferrous sulfate heptahydrate | (FeSO4·7H2O) |
| Fluorescein isothiocyanate | (FITC) |
| Fluorescence microscopy imaging system | (FMI) |
| Food and Drug Administration | (FDA) |
| Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy | (FTIR) |
| Glyceraldehydes 3-phosphate dehydrogenase | (GAPDH) |
| Immunohistochemistry | (IHC) |
| Indocyanine Green photosensitizer | (ICG) |
| Laser irradiation in near-infrared | (NIR) |
| Light emitting diode | (LED) |
| Liposome nanocarriers curcumin | (LIP-CUR) |
| Liposomes | (LPs) |
| Mesoporous silica nanoparticles | (MSNs) |
| Monoclonal antibody | (MAb) |
| Monoclonal antibody against EGFRvIII | (A-EGFRvIII-f) |
| Mouse embryonic fibroblasts | (MEFs) |
| Multidrug resistance | (MDR) |
| Multidrug resistance protein 1 | (MDR1) |
| Myeloid cell leukemia 1 | (Mcl-1) |
| Nanocomposite | (NC) |
| Nanoparticles | (NPs) |
| Nanoparticle | (NP) |
| Nanostructured lipid carriers | (NLCs) |
| Neutral comet assay | (NCA) |
| Notch receptor blocker human | (DAPT) |
| Nuclear Factor-Kappa-B | (NF-κB) |
| Papillomavirus | (HPV) |
| Polyethylene glycol | (PEG) |
| PEGylated lipid nanocarriers | (PLN) |
| P-glycoprotein | (P-gp) |
| Phosphate buffer saline | (PBS) |
| Photodynamic inactivation | (PDI) |
| Photodynamic therapy | (PDT) |
| Photosensitizer | (PS) |
| Photothermal therapy | (PTT) |
| Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles | (PLGA NPs) |
| Poly (ethylene glycol) | (PEG) |
| Poly (lactic acid) | (PLA) |
| Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) | (PLGA) |
| Poly (ε-caprolactone) | (PCL) |
| Poly (ethylene glycol) polymer | (PEG) |
| Polyoxyethylene(40)stearate | (Myrj52) |
| Polyvinylpyrrolidone | (PVP) |
| Pressure ulcers | (PU) |
| Reactive oxygen species | (ROS) |
| Scanning electron microscopy | (SEM) |
| Silver nanoparticles | (AgNPs) |
| Excited Singlet state | (S1) |
| Solid lipid nanoparticles | (SLNs) |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | (SCC) |
| Tetraethyl orthosilicate | (TEOS) |
| The half maximal inhibitory concentration | (IC50) |
| Transforming growth factor beta | (TGF-β) |
| Tripolyphosphate | (TPP). |
| Tumor necrosis factor alpha | (TNF-α) |
| Tumor Nodes Metastasized | (TNM) |
| Ultraviolet A | (UVA) |
| Ultraviolet radiation B | (UVB) |
| Vascular endothelial growth factor | (VEGF) |
| Viability measurements | (MTT) |
| Zinc oxide nanoparticles | (ZnONPCS) |