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Photodynamic therapy in head and neck cancer

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Photodynamic therapy is a nonsurgical, minimally invasive technique that uses a light source to activate light-sensitive drugs or photosensitizers to treat cancer and other diseases. The effect on living organisms caused by light in the presence of a photosensitizer and oxygen is known as the photodynamic effect or photodynamic action.

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Biel, M.A. Photodynamic therapy in head and neck cancer. Curr Oncol Rep 4, 87–96 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-002-0053-8

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