Photodynamic therapy (PDT) mostly relies on the generation of singlet oxygen, via the
excitation of a photosensitizer, so that target tumor cells can be destroyed. PDT can be …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has become widely accepted and utilized for tumor therapy.
Considering the natural shortcomings (eg, lack of an ideal photosensitizer and limited light …

Photodynamic therapy involves administration of a tumorlocalizing photosensitizing agent,
which may require metabolic synthesis (ie, a prodrug), followed by activation of the agent by …

Abstract Dr. Thomas Dougherty and his Oncology Foundation of Buffalo were the first to
support my (SOG) research into the effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) on the host …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses non-toxic photosensitizers and harmless visible light in
combination with oxygen to produce cytotoxic reactive oxygen species that kill malignant …

The therapeutic use of light, as we know it, begins in 1900 when Raab reported that the
combination of acridine orange and light could destroy living organisms (paramecium)[1]. In …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been known for over a hundred years, but is only now
becoming widely used. Originally developed as a tumor therapy, some of its most successful …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a potentially immunogenic and FDA‐approved antitumor
treatment modality that utilizes the spatiotemporal combination of a photosensitizer, light and …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is dependent on the uptake of a photosensitizing dye, often a
porphyrin-related macrocycle, by the tumor or other abnormal tissue that is to be treated, the …

In photodynamic therapy (PDT) a sensitizer, light and oxygen are used to induce death of
tumor cells and in the treatment of certain noncancerous conditions. Cell death in PDT may …