title: [The place of photodynamic therapy in gynecology].
abstract: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a specific anticancer treatment that received significant interest in several medical and surgical disciplines. The technique is based on (i) the application of the photosensitizer that accumulates in a variable time in the neoplasic lesions and on (ii) excitation (by light whose wavelength coincides with the absorption peak of the photosensitizer) that (iii) finally causes the destruction of the lesion. This technique allows a minimally-invasive, effective and targeted treatment of some gynecological diseases. Experimental and/or clinical studies have been conducted on vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, endometriosis and vulvar lichen sclerosus. We aim to present the principles of PDT and to expose the main indications and ways of research of this technique in gynecology today.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de Gynécologie, Obstétrique et Néonatalogie, Hôpital Jeanne-de-Flandre, CHRU de Lille, Lille Cedex, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ascencio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Collinet
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cosson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vinatier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mordon
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003944:Diagnostic Techniques, Obstetrical and Gynecological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012449:Safety; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents