Perspectives
Nature Reviews Cancer 3, 380-387 (May 2003) | doi:10.1038/nrc1071
Timeline: Photodynamic therapy for cancer
Dennis E.J.G.J. Dolmans1, Dai Fukumura1 & Rakesh K. Jain1 About the authors
Abstract
The therapeutic properties of light have been known for thousands of years, but it was only in the last century that photodynamic therapy (PDT) was developed. At present, PDT is being tested in the clinic for use in oncology — to treat cancers of the head and neck, brain, lung, pancreas, intraperitoneal cavity, breast, prostate and skin. How does PDT work, and how can it be used to treat cancer and other diseases?
Author affiliations
- Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Correspondence to: Dai Fukumura1 Email: dai@steele.mgh.harvard.edu
Correspondence to: Rakesh K. Jain1 Email: jain@steele.mgh.harvard.edu
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