Current Issue December 2011, Vol. 8, No. 4

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Low dose hypericin-PDT induces complete tumor regression in BALB/c mice bearing CT26 colon carcinoma
December 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 4 | Pages 291-296)
Renata Sanovic, Thomas Verwanger, Arnulf Hartl, Barbara Krammer
Prospective evaluation of 110 patients following ultrasound-guided photodynamic therapy for deep seated pathologies
December 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 4 | Pages 297-306)
Waseem Jerjes, Tahwinder Upile, Charles Alexander Mosse, Zaid Hamdoon, Mira Morcos, Simon Morley, Colin Hopper
Bioimpedance for pain monitoring during cutaneous photodynamic therapy: Preliminary study
December 2011 (Vol. 8 | No. 4 | Pages 307-313)
Patrycja Mikolajewska, Ola Taarud Rømoen, Ørjan G. Martinsen, Vladimir Iani, Johan Moan, Sverre Grimnes, Asta Juzeniene

Hyaluronic acid-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles for efficient photodynamic therapy of cancer cells
01 February 2012
Magali Gary-Bobo, David Brevet, Nadia Benkirane-Jessel, Laurence Raehm, Philippe Maillard, Marcel Garcia, Jean-Olivier Durand
Summary: Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) for photodynamic therapy (PDT) were coated with poly-(l-lysine) and hyaluronic acid (HA) by using the layer-by-layer method. HA is able to target cancer ...
Modulation of telomerase and signal transduction proteins by Hexyl-ALA-Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) in human doxorubicin resistant cancer cell models
30 January 2012
Ellie S.M. Chu, Christine M.N. Yow
Summary: Aims: This study employed a doxorubicin resistant (MES-SA-Dx5) human uterine sarcoma cell line and its counterpart (MES-SA), to elucidate the efficacy of aminolevulinic acid-hexylester (hexyl...
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...
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 ...
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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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.