Bladder cancer is the ninth most common cancer globally, with more than 12 million new cases occurring each year. The cancer has an extremely high recurrence rate, making
One of the most promising directions of cancer research is the combination of PDT with conventional techniques, as recently demonstrated in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.
The prevalanece of esophageal cancer, a deadly disease, has been rising rapidly for several decades in the U.S. and several European countries. PDT has long been used to
In the March 2013 Journal of Healthcare Engineering, researchers from Japan’s National Defense Medical College predict that a better understanding of “mechanisms related to PDT will potentially improve
Topical photodynamic therapy, or PDT, involves applying a light-sensitizing cream on the skin. The sensitizer becomes concentrated in abnormal or damaged skin cells, rendering them vulnerable to destruction
Ovarian cancer patients must often undergo multiple cycles of chemotherapy, resulting in toxic side effects that either delay treatment or cause premature cessation of the treatment. Medical scientists
We know from both human and animal studies that photodynamic therapy (PDT) bolsters the body’s anti-cancer immune response by changing the surface composition of the tumor and releasing
If you’re diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor such as high-grade glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the prognosis is quite grim. For GBM, the conventional treatment trio of surgery, chemotherapy
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