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Angiostasis-induced vascular normalization can improve photodynamic therapy

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  1. Medical Photonics Group, Institute of Bioengineering, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Station 6, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska, Georges Wagnières & Hubert van den Bergh

  2. Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Arjan W. Griffioen

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Comment on Bhuvaneswari R, Gan YY, Soo KC, Olivo M (2009) The effect of photodynamic therapy on tumor angiogenesis. Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences, 66, 2275-2283.

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Nowak-Sliwinska, P., Wagnières, G., van den Bergh, H. et al. Angiostasis-induced vascular normalization can improve photodynamic therapy. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 67, 1559–1560 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-010-0294-x

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