Patients with advanced lung cancer frequently suffer from an inability to breathe freely due to blockage of the central airways. About one in three lung cancer patients will
Head and neck cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, with squamous cell tumors of the head and neck accounting for an estimated 500,000 new cancer cases
Cancers of the mouth or oral cavity are the tenth most common cancer worldwide. The death rates associated with oral cancer—and specifically those affecting the pharynx, or upper
Clinical trials in Japan and Korea have suggested that PDT could be a promising treatment for anyone facing a diagnosis of gastric cancer (stomach cancer or duodenal cancer).
There’s good evidence to support the use of topical PDT for superficial nonmelanoma skin cancer and precancerous conditions. Nevertheless, much less information exists on the implementation and outcomes
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