Daylight photodynamic therapy in Scotland

Daylight photodynamic therapy for actinic keratosis: an international consensus: International Society for Photodynamic Therapy in Dermatology.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an attractive therapy for non-melanoma skin cancers including actinic keratoses (AKs) because it allows treatment of large areas; it has a high response rate and results in an excellent cosmesis. However, conventional PDT for AKs is associated with inconveniently long clinic visits and discomfort during therapy. In this article, we critically review daylight-mediat...

Daylight-mediated photodynamic therapy in Spain: advantages and disadvantages.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an option for the treatment of actinic keratosis, Bowen disease, and certain types of basal cell carcinoma. It is also used to treat various other types of skin condition, including inflammatory and infectious disorders. The main disadvantages of PDT are the time it takes to administer (both for the patient and for health professionals) and the pain associated with...

Monte Carlo modelling of daylight activated photodynamic therapy.

The treatment of superficial skin lesions via daylight activated photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been explored theoretically with three dimensional (3D) Monte Carlo radiation transfer simulations. For similar parameters and conditions, daylight activated PDT was compared to conventional PDT using a commercially available light source. Under reasonable assumptions for the optical properties of th...

NOVELTIES IN DERMATOLOGY Daylight-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy in Spain: Advantages and Disadvantages

Daylight photodynamic therapy in private practice in Switzerland: gain without pain.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a well-documented therapy for non-melanoma skin cancer, which has excellent therapeutic effect and cosmetic outcome combined with minimal invasiveness (1). PDT is easy to use in treatment of large areas, and thus is particularly suitable for use in areas of field cancerization with several to many actinic keratoses (AK) (1). However, a major disadvantage of PDT is ...