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Treatment of Kimura disease with photodynamic therapy: A case study
16 January 2012
Syedda Abbas, Waseem Jerjes, Tahwinder Upile, Anna Vincent, Colin Hopper
Summary: We report on the application of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the management of Kimura disease. A 58-year-old Asian male was offered this modality to assess the possibility to control disease...
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Evaluation of collagen alteration after topical photodynamic therapy (PDT) using second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy – in vivo study in a mouse model
16 January 2012
Ting Lv, Zu-Fang Huang, Hong-Wei Wang, Ju-Qiang Lin, Guan-Nan Chen, Xi-Wen Chen, Rong Chen, Zheng Huang, Xiu-Li Wang
Summary: Topical photodynamic therapy (PDT) mediated by 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) has been used for the treatment of age-related skin lesions for therapeutic or cosmetic purposes. The modulation of ...
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Comparison of cryotherapy and photodynamic therapy in treatment of oral leukoplakia
16 January 2012
Aleksandra Kawczyk-Krupka, Jadwiga Waśkowska, Agnieszka Raczkowska-Siostrzonek, Anna Kościarz-Grzesiok, Sebastian Kwiatek, Dariusz Straszak, Wojciech Latos, Rafał Koszowski, Aleksander Sieroń
Summary: Oral leukoplakia is a pre-malignant lesion of the oral mucosa. The aim of this study is to compare the curative effects of photodynamic therapy and cryotherapy in the treatment of oral leukop...
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Investigating the efficiency of novel metallo-phthalocyanine PDT-induced cell death in MCF-7 breast cancer cells
16 January 2012
Tamarisk Kerry Horne, Heidi Abrahamse, Marianne J. Cronjé
Summary: Background: Cancer cells possess an innate resistance to inducers of the death program. Novel phthalocyanines with improved physiochemical properties harbor the potential for use in photodyna...
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Fluorescence examination and photodynamic therapy of facial squamous cell carcinoma—A case report
09 January 2012
Xiaona Zhang, Jinzhang Chen, Yuling Luo, Lanying Zhang, Rongcheng Luo, Libo Li
Summary: Background and objective: To evaluate the usefulness and feasibility of fluorescence examination and photodynamic therapy (PDT) for facial squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: A 68-year-old male...
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