title: Photodynamic therapy in the treatment of glioma.
abstract: The review presents the data on the use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for the treatment of patients with malignant brain tumors. One and two-year survival rate and an increase in overall median survival of PDT-treated patients compared with standard treatment indicate a promising prospects for PDT in neurooncology.
authors.affiliation: R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology, NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Т S
authors.initials: ТS
authors.lastname: Zavadskaya
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents