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Abstract
Photodynamic therapy is a nonsurgical, minimally invasive technique that uses a light source to activate light-sensitive drugs or photosensitizers to treat cancer and other diseases. The effect on living organisms caused by light in the presence of a photosensitizer and oxygen is known as the photodynamic effect or photodynamic action.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11734119 DOI: 10.1007/s11912-002-0053-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Oncol Rep ISSN: 1523-3790 Impact factor: 5.075