Photodynamic therapy in the head and neck
Photodynamic therapy, PDT, is a method to diagnose and treat cancer. In PDT a sensitizer is administered to the patient and this sensitizer is accumulated in tumors. If the sensitizer-containing tumor is subjected to a laser of a specific wavelength the tumor is fluorescing allowing diagnostics. If...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin
2014
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-35953 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7529-039-3 |