title: Clinical use of photodynamic therapy in ocular tumors.
abstract: Although the introduction of intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor drugs reduced the indications for photodynamic therapy in ophthalmology, it may still be used in various ocular tumors. Although many studies have shown that photodynamic therapy is effective in ocular tumors, the literature consists of case reports and series. In this review, we systematically performed a meta-analysis for the use of photodynamic therapy in circumscribed choroidal hemangioma, diffuse choroidal hemangioma, retinal capillary hemangioma, von Hippel-Lindau angiomatosis, choroidal melanoma, retinal astrocytoma, retinoblastoma, eyelid tumors, conjunctival tumors, and choroidal metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Eren
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cerman
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: ocekic@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Osman
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Çekiç
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005142:Eyelid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000188:drug therapy; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents
keywords: choroidal hemangioma; choroidal melanoma; eyelid tumors; ocular tumors; photodynamic therapy; retinal astrocytoma; retinal capillary hemangioma; retinoblastoma