How does this therapy compare with traditional therapies i.e.: surgery / chemo / radiation?
An article a study from the Maxiill facial Unit, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, Eastman Dental Institute, UK. Published in the Lancet Once, December 1, 2000; 1: 212-9 Dr. Colin Hopper states: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive treatment with great promise in malignant disease. It can be applied before, or after, chemotherapy, ionizing radiation, or surgery, without compromising these treatments or being compromised itself*. Unlike radiotherapy and surgery, it can be repeated many times at the same site. Response rates and the durability of response with PDT are as good as, or better than, those with standard locoregional treatments. Furthermore, there is less morbidity and better functional and cosmetic outcome. This comment is based on a study of PDT for head and neck cancer using the photosensitizer Foscan. A number of studies applying this technology to many types of cancer document the efficacy and in some case the superiority over traditional method
