Surgery and chemotherapy are two of the main treatments, but not everyone is a good candidate for surgery, and the cancer almost always comes back after treatment. Photodynamic therapy (PDT ...

Or, you might have the chemical as a tablet or injection. Your doctor then shines a special light on the treatment area which destroys the cancer cells. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a cancer ...

In this Review, we explore the potential of one such technique, photodynamic therapy (PDT), for the treatment of organ-confined prostate cancer. PDT uses a photosensitizing drug that is activated ...

The catheter features a stent directly coated with the photosensitiser Al-PcS4. A research team at South Korea’s Asan Medical ...

Photodynamic therapy, or PDT ... remaining only in the cancer cells requiring treatment. Vincent Lavallo, UCR chemistry professor and co-prinicipal investigator, is an expert on the synthesis ...

This process is the foundation of photodynamic therapy, a cancer treatment method." Gabrielė Varvuolytė, KTU Chemistry PhD candidate This can cause the cancer cell or parts of the cell ...

Team awarded $2.5 million grant to develop system for inserting tiny light-emitting fibers directly into tumors.

Roshanzadeh explained traditional photodynamic therapy has limitations ... represents a significant advancement in targeted cancer treatment," said Roshanzadeh. "It could lead to more effective ...

Investigators present 48 month follow-up data from a phase 2b trial on padeliporfin vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy for intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

Researchers have developed "smart" bomb therapy to target breast cancer ... cyanine-carborane salts used in photodynamic therapy (PDT), a two-stage treatment that kills cancerous and precancerous ...

Complete response (CR) observed in 73% (27/37) of evaluable patients with low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) who ...