Immediate and long-term efficacy and safety of photodynamic therapy with Photolon (Fotolon): a seven-year clinical experience

Yuri P. Istomin; Michael A. Kaplan; Siarhei V. Shliakhtsin; Tatsiana P Lapzevich; Dmitriy A. Cerkovsky; Ludmila N. Marchanka; Alexander S. Fedulov; Tatsiana V. Trukhachova

doi:10.1117/12.823840

13 July 2009 Immediate and long-term efficacy and safety of photodynamic therapy with Photolon (Fotolon): a seven-year clinical experience

Yuri P. Istomin, Michael A. Kaplan, Siarhei V. Shliakhtsin, Tatsiana P Lapzevich, Dmitriy A. Cerkovsky, Ludmila N. Marchanka, Alexander S. Fedulov, Tatsiana V. Trukhachova

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Proceedings Volume 7380, Photodynamic Therapy: Back to the Future; 73806V (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823840
Event: 12th World Congress of the International Photodynamic Association, 2009, Seattle, Washington, United States

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to summarize data on the long-term efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with Photolon in patients with malignant tumors of various types and localizations. The data obtained show that PDT with Photolon is a highly effective therapeutic modality for the treatment of skin tumors, cervical intraepithelial neoplasias, lung cancers, disseminated forms of melanoma, primary and metastatic brain tumors, several ophthalmologic diseases. This paper provides a review of most illustrative studies of the application of PDT with Photolon for the treatment of different oncological and non-oncological diseases performed in leading clinical centers of the Republic of Belarus and Russia.

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Yuri P. Istomin, Michael A. Kaplan, Siarhei V. Shliakhtsin, Tatsiana P Lapzevich, Dmitriy A. Cerkovsky, Ludmila N. Marchanka, Alexander S. Fedulov, and Tatsiana V. Trukhachova "Immediate and long-term efficacy and safety of photodynamic therapy with Photolon (Fotolon): a seven-year clinical experience", Proc. SPIE 7380, Photodynamic Therapy: Back to the Future, 73806V (13 July 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823840

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