Newly Published Article in The Surgery Journal's First Review Article

A Surgical View of Photodynamic Therapy in Oncology: A Review (FREE ACCESS) K. Moghissi, Kate Dixon, Sally Gibbins

Clinical photodynamic therapy (PDT) has existed for over 30 years, and its scientific basis has been known and investigated for well over 100 years. The scientific foundation of PDT is solid and its application to cancer treatment for many common neoplastic lesions has been the subject of a huge number of clinical trials and observational studies. Yet its acceptance by many clinicians has suffered from its absence from the undergraduate and/or postgraduate education curricula of surgeons, physicians, and oncologists. This review aspires both to inform and to present the clinical aspect of PDT as seen by a surgeon. Read more