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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a new modality of skin cancer treatment. It involves the
administration of photosensitizing drugs which, when localized in tumor tissue can produce …

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of two doses of gefitinib (Iressa [ZD1839];
AstraZeneca, Wilmington, DE), a novel epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase …

Photofrin is the most commonly used photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy (PDT). The
major side effect of Photofrin is cutaneous photosensitivity. A second generation …

The excitation and emission properties of several psoralen derivatives are compared using
conventional single‐photon excitation and simultaneous two‐photon excitation (TPE). Two …

Background Tumor eradication is one of the most important challengeable categories in
oncological studies. In this account, besides the molecular genetics methods including cell …

Purpose: Most centrally located early lung cancers (CLELC)< 1.0 cm in diameter do not
invade beyond the bronchial cartilage, and photodynamic therapy (PDT) with Photofrin is …

We studied a combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and sonodynamic therapy (SDT)
for improving tumoricidal effects in a transplantable mouse squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) …

In photodynamic therapy (PDT), singlet oxygen (1 O 2 ^1O_2) is the main species
responsible for promoting tumor cell death. The determination of the quantum yield (Φ Δ) of …

[57] ABSTRACT A method for the treatment of a particular volume of plant or animal tissue
comprising the steps of treating the plant or animal tissue With at least one photo-active …