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Title: |
Treatment: Photodynamic_Therapy: Red |
| Description: |
The photo shows the procedure of photodynamic therapy. In this therapy, patients are injected with a light-activated drug called a photosensitizer which makes cells in their body sensitive to light. The drug is selectively retained by cancer cells as compared with normal tissue. Doctors then use fiber-optic probes to expose the cancer to laser light. This activates the photosensitizer and produces a toxic reaction that destroys the tumor without irreparably damaging the surrounding normal cells There is a close-up of just the hands. See artwork: GA-17.
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| Topics/Categories: |
Treatment -- Photodynamic Therapy
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| Type: |
Color Slide |
| Source: |
National Cancer Institute |
| Author: |
John Crawford (photographer) |
| AV Number: |
AV-8700-3895 |
| Date Created: |
1987 |
| Date Entered: |
1/1/2001 |
| Access: |
Public |
