When it comes to cancer treatment, one must be able to outsmart th disease. Combining the light-based approach called photodynamic therapy with immunotherapy has emerged as one of
One of the most common forms of cancer surgery is called a lumpectomy, the removal of a tumor from the breast. Along with removing this “lump”, the surgeon
If you’ve been diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer, you’ve probably been told that you have very few options for effective treatment. The poor prognosis is made even worse
In our last Discoveries article, we introduced the idea that the way a cancer treatment kills or damages a tumor can result in a marshaling of the immune
We often hear about how the immune system is harmed by conventional treatments such as high-dose chemotherapy and radiotherapy. But few people realize that low-dose versions of these
Organ transplantation—the practice of transferring an organ (i.e., the heart, liver, pancreas, or kidney) from one body to another or from a donor site to another—can save lives
When cancer patients first begin to learn about the light-based treatment approach called photodynamic therapy (PDT), they eventually pop the question: Where can I get this treatment? The answer
Since the early 1990s, the photodynamic treatment of cancer has relied mainly on a light-sensitizing agent called Photofrin. This was the first photosensitizer to be approved in many
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