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Photochemotherapy

Known as: PDT, Therapies, Photodynamic, Therapy, Photodynamic 
Treatment with drugs that become active when exposed to light. These activated drugs may kill cancer cells.
National Institutes of Health

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PUVA Photochemotherapynewborn phototherapy

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Physical therapyTherapeutic procedureTherapeutic radiology procedure

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Future Prospects of Point Fluorescence Spectroscopy, FluorescenceImaging and Fluorescence Endoscopy in Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) forCancer Cells
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) has been developing rapidly within various medical specialties since the 1980s. It matured as a… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
Topical treatments for cutaneous warts.
BACKGROUND Viral warts are a common skin condition, which can range in severity from a minor nuisance that resolve spontaneously… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Laser-mediated photodynamic therapy of actinic keratoses.
OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and efficacy of the long-pulsed pulsed dye laser (LP PDL) (595 nm) with photodynamic therapy (PDT… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Comparison of aminolevulinic acid and hexylester aminolevulinate induced protoporphyrin IX distribution in human bladder cancer.
PURPOSE Successful photodynamic therapy of epithelial cancer requires a specific photosensitization of malignant tissue. We… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Differentiation-specific increase in ALA-induced protoporphyrin IX accumulation in primary mouse keratinocytes.
A treatment regimen that takes advantage of the induction of intracellular porphyrins such as protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) by… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Photodynamic therapy mediated induction of early response genes.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) generates reactive oxygen species which initiate the cytotoxic events of this tumor treatment. We… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
CHLORIN AND PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVES AS POTENTIAL PHOTOSENSITIZERS IN PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
Abstract— In order to find a photosensitizer with better optical properties and pharmacokinetics than Photofrin II, a series of… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Scanning-tunneling-microscope observations of Coulomb blockade and oxide polarization in small metal droplets.
Mesure a 4 K des caracteristiques courant-tension dans deux jonctions tunnel couplees en serie. Les jonctions sont formees en… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Modified porphyrins, chlorins, phthalocyanines, and purpurins: second-generation photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Oral psoralen photochemotherapy of atopic eczema
Oral administration of 8‐methoxypsoralen followed by exposure to a high‐intensity longwave ultraviolet treatment system resulted… 
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