title: Photodynamic therapy in general surgery.
abstract: Authors' experience in detecting neoplasms by a computerized telethermographic system in animal models is reported. The new technique seems to have a great potential as a photo-diagnostic method particularly when followed by the surgical treatment or the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of the neoplastic lesions. Literature reports on the PDT of tumors are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: IV Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vietri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Girolami
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Illuminati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belbusti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guglielmi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reddi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jori
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006414:Hematoporphyrin Photoradiation / Q000379:methods; D007211:Indoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054833:Isoindoles; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D015032:Zinc / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017967:Zinc Compounds
chemical_list: D007211:Indoles; D054833:Isoindoles; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D017967:Zinc Compounds; C052159:Zn(II)-phthalocyanine; D015032:Zinc