Photodynamic therapy (PDT)

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Dougherty 1978 PDT: photosensitizer (porphyrin) absorbs visible-light -> triplet-state -> singlet-oxygen (1O2) cytotoxic; FDA approved 1995 for esophageal cancer; Photofrin standard.

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