Twara Kikani, Krutika Patel, Sonal Thakore
). Boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) dyes are a class of fluorophores that serve as promising PSs with excellent light-activated reactive oxygen species (ROS) generating capacity (for PDT) and light-to-heat conversion (for PTT) causing the thermal ablation of cancer cells. Conjugating a metal-based drug along with a PS and a targeting ligand to design a prodrug acts as a "magic packet" to target various cancers. This review elaborates the advances in the development of metallo-prodrugs adorned with a BODIPY cage as cancer theranostics. It highlights the engineering marvel of constructing prodrugs with high specificity and organelle-targeting ability.