Light technology for efficient and effective photodynamic therapy: A critical review

JF Algorri, M Ochoa, P Roldan-Varona… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising treatment for cancerous
tumours in which light technologies play a crucial role. An attempt to answer a long-standing …

Interstitial photodynamic therapy—a focused review

G Shafirstein, D Bellnier, E Oakley, S Hamilton… - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Multiple clinical studies have shown that interstitial photodynamic therapy (I-PDT) is a
promising modality in the treatment of locally-advanced cancerous tumors. However, the …

Revisiting photodynamic therapy dosimetry: reductionist & surrogate approaches to facilitate clinical success

BW Pogue, JT Elliott, SC Kanick… - Physics in Medicine …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) can be a highly complex treatment, with many parameters
influencing treatment efficacy. The extent to which dosimetry is used to monitor and …

There's plenty of light at the bottom: statistics of photon penetration depth in random media

F Martelli, T Binzoni, A Pifferi, L Spinelli, A Farina… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
We propose a comprehensive statistical approach describing the penetration depth of light
in random media. The presented theory exploits the concept of probability density function f …

Structural white-matter connections mediating distinct behavioral components of spatial neglect in right brain-damaged patients

MJ Vaessen, A Saj, KO Lovblad, M Gschwind… - Cortex, 2016 - Elsevier
Spatial neglect is a neuropsychological syndrome in which patients fail to perceive and
orient to stimuli located in the space contralateral to the lesioned hemisphere. It is …

Photodynamic therapy: superficial and interstitial illumination

K Svanberg, N Bendsoe, J Axelsson… - … of biomedical optics, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is reviewed using the treatment of skin tumors as an example
of superficial lesions and prostate cancer as an example of deep-lying lesions requiring …

Transient simulation of laser ablation based on Monte Carlo light transport with dynamic optical properties model

Y Shimojo, K Sudo, T Nishimura, T Ozawa… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Laser ablation is a minimally invasive therapeutic technique to denature tumors through
coagulation and/or vaporization. Computational simulations of laser ablation can evaluate …

A Clinical Prototype Transrectal Diffuse Optical Tomography (TRDOT) System for In vivo Monitoring of Photothermal Therapy (PTT) of Focal Prostate Cancer

J He, CL Li, BC Wilson, CJ Fisher… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe the rationale, design, fabrication and performance of a clinical transrectal
diffuse optical tomography (TRDOT) system for in vivo monitoring of photothermal therapy …

Perspectives and potential applications of nanomedicine in breast and prostate cancer

Y Liu, M Solomon, S Achilefu - Medicinal research reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomedicine is a branch of nanotechnology that includes the development of
nanostructures and nanoanalytical systems for various medical applications. Among these …

Potential of optical coherence tomography for early diagnosis of oral malignancies

M DeCoro, P Wilder-Smith - Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
With nearly 1,500,000 new patients diagnosed every year in the USA, cancer poses a
considerable challenge to healthcare today. Oral cancer is responsible for a sizeable portion …