title: Twenty years of experience with PDD and PDT in Poland--review.
abstract: This article is a review of laboratory and clinical research undertaken in Poland in PDD and PDT over the past 20 years. These are divided into two parallel research areas. The first is based on clinical trials where new modalities of photosensitizer synthesis, molecular mechanisms of PDT and other aspects are investigated. The second is concerned with clinical aspects of PDD and PDT in both pre-neoplastic and malignant disease. In Poland there were 2 National Congresses in 2006 and 2008 with 100 and 400 participants respectively. One of the oldest centers of Photodynamic Diagnostics and Therapy is located in Bytom. For about 10 years it has led clinical research in Poland with PDD and PDT in such medical disciplines as dermatology, gastroenterology, laryngology, pulmonology, gynecology, and orthopedics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Diseases, Angiology and Physical Medicine, Center for Laser Diagnostics and Therapy, Bytom, Poland. sieron1@tlen.pl
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sieroń
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kwiatek
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents