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Verteporfin photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal ranibizumab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: 24-month follow-up

Senses and Sciences, 2014
Purpose: to evaluate the efficacy and safety of combined therapy with Photodynamic Therapy with Verteporfin (PDT-V) and intravitreal ranibizumab same-day compared with monotherapy with ranibizumab (three monthly injections ) for the treatment of the ...
Rosalia Giustolisi, Fernanda Pacella, Olga Mastrangelo, Gabriella Cirigliano, Francesca Arienzo, Simone De Gaetano, Elena Pacella   +6 more
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Susceptibility and Resistance Mechanisms During Photodynamic Therapy of Melanoma

Frontiers in Oncology, 2020
Melanoma is the most aggressive malignant skin tumor and arises from melanocytes. The resistance of melanoma cells to various treatments results in rapid tumor growth and high mortality.
Xin-Ying Li, Liu-Chang Tan, Li-Wen Dong, Wan-Qi Zhang, Xiao-Xiao Shen, Xiao Lu, Hong Zheng, Yuan-Gang Lu   +7 more
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Photodynamic therapy for cancer of the pancreas [PDF]

, 2002
Background: Few pancreatic cancers are suitable for surgery and few respond to chemoradiation. Photodynamic therapy produces local necrosis of tissue with light after prior administration of a photosensitising agent, and in experimental studies can be ...
Lovat, L.B., Hatfield, A.W.R., Rogowska, A.Z., Wyld, P., Gillams, A., Jones, L., Bown, S.G., Ripley, P., Whitelaw, D.E., Lees, W.R.   +9 more
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Different effects of single and fractionated light delivery regimes in photodynamic therapy with hypericin on HT-29 cells in vitro [PDF]

, 2009
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative cancer cure which involves the selective uptake and retention of a photosensitizer in a cancer tissue, followed by irradiation with light of a specific wavelength to kill tumour cells via the production of ...
Grada Kulikova, Lucia
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Gold Nanorod-Decorated Metallic MoS₂ Nanosheets for Synergistic Photothermal and Photodynamic Antibacterial Therapy

Nanomaterials, 2021
Light-responsive nanocomposites have become increasingly attractive in the biomedical field for antibacterial applications. Visible-light-activated metallic molybdenum disulfide nanosheets (1T-MoS2 NSs) and plasmonic gold nanorods (AuNRs) with absorption
Sibidou Yougbaré, Chinmaya Mutalik, Pei-Feng Chung, Dyah Ika Krisnawati, Fajar Rinawati, Hengky Irawan, Heny Kristanto, Tsung-Rong Kuo   +7 more
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Photodynamic Therapy in Gastroenterology

Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2013
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive and promising new modality to combat cancer. Upon illumination and in the presence of oxygen, the tissue-localized nontoxic sensitizer generates cytotoxic reactive oxygen species, and as a result, the selective destruction of a targeted tumor may be achieved.
Shishkova N., Kuznetsova O., Berezov T.
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Photodynamic therapy in dermatooncology [PDF]

Orvosi Hetilap, 2007
A hám eredetű tumorok a leggyakrabban előforduló bőrdaganatok. Az arcon és a kézen való gyakori elhelyezkedésük miatt ellátásuk során az onkológiai szempontok mellett esztétikai szempontokat is figyelembe kell venni. Kezelésük során általában elsőként választandó a sebészi kimetszés, de számos más alternatíva is létezik, különösen a felületes, nem ...
Magdolna, Gaál, Rolland, Gyulai, Eszter, Baltás, Róbert, Kui, Judit, Oláh, Lajos, Kemény   +5 more
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Exploring Patient Pain Experiences during and after Conventional Red Light and Simulated Daylight Photodynamic Therapy for Actinic Keratosis: A Qualitative Interview Study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica
Simulated daylight photodynamic therapy is a relatively new and potentially less painful alternative to conventional red light photodynamic therapy for actinic keratosis.
Alexandra Sjöholm, Magdalena Claeson, John Paoli, Birgit Heckemann   +3 more
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Histopathological Analysis of the Effect of Photodynamic Action on Post-Chemotherapy Excised Breast Cancer Tissue

Medicina, 2022
Background and objectives: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women and its mortality is increasing. Therefore, research to improve treatment is of paramount importance. One method of treatment is photodynamic therapy.
Elżbieta Ostańska, Edyta Barnaś, Dorota Bartusik-Aebisher, Klaudia Dynarowicz, Magdalena Szpunar, Joanna Skręt-Magierło, David Aebisher   +6 more
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Recent Updates on Local Ablative Therapy Combined with Chemotherapy for Extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: Photodynamic Therapy and Radiofrequency Ablation

Current Oncology, 2023
Although chemotherapy constitutes of the first-line standard therapy for unresectable extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, the treatment outcomes are unsatisfactory. In recent years, local ablative therapy, which is delivered to the cholangiocarcinoma lesion
Tadahisa Inoue, Masashi Yoneda
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