Photodynamic therapy: a light in the darkness?
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-09-0964.
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Abstract
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used to treat localized premalignant or early malignant disease. This study reports the enhanced, systemic antitumor immune response from PDT, suggesting that it may have a potential role as a therapy to address both local and disseminated disease.
Medical subject headings
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Photochemotherapy
- Skin Neoplasms