Photodynamic therapy: a light in the darkness?

نویسندگان

  • Alexander Lin
  • Stephen M Hahn
چکیده

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used to treat localized premalignant or early malignant disease. This study reports the enhanced, systemic antitumor immune response from PDT, suggesting that it may have a potential role as a therapy to address both local and disseminated disease.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research

دوره 15 13  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009