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Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology Volume 25, 1990 - Issue 5
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Review Article

Review: Photodynamic Therapy in Gastroenterology

Pauli Puolakkainen Second Dept. of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Juhani Rämö Second Dept. of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Tom Schröder Second Dept. of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Pages 417-421 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) consists of giving a patient a photosensitizing agent and, when this has accumulated in the tumor cells, decomposing it by exposure to strong, usually red, light. Toxic singlet oxygen produced by this reaction will then destroy the malignant cells (1).

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