Current Issue June 2012, Vol. 9, No. 2

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Preliminary clinical report on safety and efficacy of photodynamic therapy using talaporfin sodium for malignant gliomas
June 2012(Vol. 9 | No. 2 | Pages 91-99)
Jiro Akimoto, Jo Haraoka, Katsuo Aizawa

Combination of Fospeg-IPDT and a natural antioxidant compound prevents photosensitivity in a murine prostate cancer tumour model
June 2012(Vol. 9 | No. 2 | Pages 100-108)
Aspasia Petri, Eleni Alexandratou, Maria Kyriazi, Michail Rallis, Vassilios Roussis, Dido Yova

Vascular targeted photodynamic therapy for bleeding gastrointestinal mucosal vascular lesions: A preliminary study
June 2012(Vol. 9 | No. 2 | Pages 109-117)
Haixia Qiu, Yongping Mao, Ying Gu, Ying Wang, Jianguo Zhu, Jing Zeng

Photodynamic inactivation requires innovative approach concerning numerous bacterial isolates and multicomponent sensitizing agents
14 May 2012
Joanna Nakonieczna, Mariusz Grinholc
Abstract: It is known that Staphylococcus aureus is susceptible to photodynamic inactivation in general, but the significant variation among particular strains in the response to the treatment exists....
Comparative characterization of the cellular uptake and photodynamic efficiency of Foscan® and Fospeg in a human prostate cancer cell line
07 May 2012
Aspasia Petri, Dido Yova, Eleni Alexandratou, Maria Kyriazi, Michail Rallis
Summary: Background: m-THPC (Foscan®) is one of the most potent second generation photosensitizers used in photodynamic therapy, photoactivated at higher wavelengths (652nm). However, its strongly hyd...
Evaluation of diagnostic values of photodynamic diagnosis in identifying the dermal and mucosal squamous cell carcinoma
18 April 2012
Seyed Kamran Kamrava, Mohadese Behtaj, Yaser Ghavami, Shahab Shahabi, Maryam Jalessi, Elnaz Ehteshami Afshar, Shayan Maleki
Summary: Objectives: We conducted a study to determine and compare the efficacy of pathology and photodynamic studies in establishing diagnosis of malignant dermal and mucosal lesions. Methods and pat...
Effects of hypericin and a chlorin based photosensitizer alone or in combination in squamous cell carcinoma cells in the dark
18 April 2012
Emina Besic Gyenge, Patrick Forny, Daniel Lüscher, Andrea Laass, Heinrich Walt, Caroline Maake
Summary: Introduction: The toxic influence of photosensitizers in the dark is poorly investigated. In our study we used the photosensitizers liposomal meso-tetrahydroxyphenyl chlorin derivative (Fosli...
Adverse effects associated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) of port-wine stain (PWS) birthmarks
18 April 2012
Kai-Hua Yuan, Jian-Hua Gao, Zheng Huang
Summary: Background: Several Chinese studies suggest that Hemoporfin-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) is an alternative treatment for port-wine stain (PWS) birthmarks. Objective: To evaluate treatm...

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Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy is an international journal for the dissemination of scientific knowledge and clinical developments of Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy in all medical specialties. The journal publishes original articles, review articles, case presentations, "how-to-do-it" articles, Letters to the Editor, short communications and relevant images with short descriptions. All submitted material is subject to a strict peer-review process.