Photodynamic therapy: Inception to application in breast cancer.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is already being used in the treatment of many cancers. This review examines its components and the new developments in our understanding of its immunological effects as well as pre-clinical and clinical studies, which have investigated its potential use in the treatment of breast cancer.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK.
S M
SM
Banerjee
Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK.
A J
AJ
MacRobert
Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK.
C A
CA
Mosse
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK.
B
B
Periera
Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK.
S G
SG
Bown
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, UK. Electronic address: m.keshtgar@ucl.ac.uk.
M R S
MRS
Keshtgar
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*
Breast cancer; Photodynamic therapy