Photodynamic therapy

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Whitehurst C , Moore JV. Development of an alternative light source to lasers for biomedical applications. International Society for Optical Engineering 1996; 2629: 291–8.

Heyerdahl H , Wang I , Liu DL , Pharmacokinetic studies on 5 aminolaevulinic acid induced protoporphyrin IX accumulation in tumours and normal tissues. Cancer Lett 1997; 112: 225–35.

Kreigmair M , Baumgartner R , Knuechel R Fluorescence photodetection of neoplastic urothelial lesions following intravesical administration of 5 aminolaevulinic acid. Urology 1994; 44: 836–41.

Baumgartner R , Hueber RM , Schulz H Inhalation of 5 aminolaevulinic acid: a new technique for fluorescence detection of early stage lung cancer. J Photochem Photobiol B 1996; 36: 169–74.

Stummer W , Stocker S , Wagner S Intraoperative detection of malignant gliomas by 5 aminolaevulinic acid induced porphyrin fluorescence. Neurosurgery 1998; 42: 518–25.

Popken G , Wetterauer U , Schultze-Seeman W. Kidney preserving tumour resection in renal cell carcinoma with photodynamic detection by 5-ALA: preclinical and preliminary clinical studies. Br J Urol Int 1999; 83: 578–82.

Cairnduff F , Stringer MR , Hudson EJ , Ash DV , Brown SB. Superficial photodynamic therapy with topical 5 ALA for superficial primary and secondary skin cancer. Br J Cancer 1994; 69: 605–8.

Morton CA , Whitehurst C , Moseley H , McColl JH , Moore JV , MacKie RM. Comparison of photodynamic therapy with cryotherapy in the treatment of Bowen's disease. Br J Dermatol 1996; 135: 766–71.

Nseyo UO , DeHaven J , Dougherty TJ Photodynamic therapy in the treatment of patients with resistant superficial bladder cancer: a long term experience. J Clin Laser Med Surg 1998; 16: 61–8.

Kreigmair M , Baumgartner R , Lumper W , Waidelich R , Hofstetter A. Early clinical experience with 5 ALA for the photodynamic therapy of superficial bladder cancer. Br J Urol 1996; 77: 667–71.

Martin-Hirsch PL , Whitehurst C , Buckley CH , Moore JV , Kitchener HC. Photodynamic therapy for lower genital tract intra-epithelial neoplasia. Lancet 1998; 351: 1403.

Barr H , Shepherd NA , Dix A , Roberts DJH , Tan WC , Krasner N. Eradication of high grade dysplasia in columnar lined (Barrett's) oesophagus by photodynamic therapy with endogenously generated protoporphyrin IX. Lancet 1996; 348: 584–5.

Schweitzer VG. Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of head and neck cancer. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1990; 102: 225–32.

Ell C , Gossner L , May A Photodynamic ablation of early cancers of the stomach by means of mTHPC and laser irradiation: preliminary clinical experience. Gut 1998; 43: 354–9.

Bown SG. New techniques in laser therapy. BMJ 1998; 316: 754–7.

Perria C , Carai M , Falzoi A Photodynamic therapy of malignant brain tumours: clinical results of, difficulties with, questions about, and future prospects for the neurosurgical applications. Neurosurg 1988; 23: 557–63.

Bruce RA , McCaughan JS. Lasers in uveal melanoma. Ophthal Clin N Am 1989; 2: 597–604.

Schmidt-Erfurth U , Miller J , Sickenberg M Photodynamic therapy of subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation: clinical and angiographic examples. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1998; 236: 365–74.

Adili F , Statius van Eps RG , Flotte TJ , La Muraglia GM. Photodynamic therapy with local photosensitiser delivery inhibits experimental hyperplasia. Lasers Surg Med 1998; 23: 263–73.

Boehncke WH , Sterry W , Kaufmann R. Treatment of psoriasis by topical photodynamic therapy with polychromatic light. Lancet 1994; 343: 801.

Bissonnette R , McClean DI , Reid G , Kelsall J , Liu H. Photodynamic therapy of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis with PBD (Verteporfin) [Abstract RC87]. 7th Biennial Congress of the International Photodynamic Association, 7–9 July 1998, Nantes, France.

Fehr MK , Wyss P , Tromberg BJ Selective photosensitiser localisation in the human endometrium after intrauterine application of 5 ALA. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1996; 175: 1253–9.

Wainwright M. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT). J Antimicrob Chemother 1998; 42: 13–28.

Wilson M. Photolysis of oral bacteria and its potential uses in the treatment of caries and peridontal disease. J Appl Bacteriol 1993; 75: 299–306.

Millson CE , Wilson M , MacRobert AJ , Bown SG. Ex vivo treatment of gastric helicobacter infection by photodynamic therapy. J Photochem Photobiol B 1996; 32: 59–65.