Light-Activated Cancer Therapy Shows Power to Trigger Body-Wide Immune Attack on Tumors
A growing body of evidence suggests the therapy may do far more than burn away […]
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A growing body of evidence suggests the therapy may do far more than burn away […]
Photodynamic therapy, or PDT, has long been regarded as a precisely local cancer treatment: a photosensitizing drug is delivered to a tumor, light of a specific wavelength activates it, and the resulting...
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A growing body of evidence suggests the therapy may do far more than burn away […] Photodynamic therapy, or PDT, has long been regarded as a precisely local cancer treatment: a photosensitizing drug is delivered to a tumor, light of a specific wavelength activates it, and the resulting reactive oxygen species destroy the illuminated cells.
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Photodynamic therapy, or PDT, has long been regarded as a precisely local cancer treatment: a photosensitizing drug is delivered to a tumor, light of a specific wavelength activates it, and the resulting reactive oxygen species destroy the illuminated cells.
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