There is so much evidence for PDT working, why isn’t it an option available in Australia?
I genuinely believe they have an amazing medical technology to bring to Australia but it’s just a question of how long will it take?
Just look up PDT and cancer ncbi there’s so many articles.
This is one of many posted on throat cancers/oral cancers.
It sounds like it can treat these subsets of people suffering really effectively.
Published online 2016 Sep 2.
Prospects in the Application of Photodynamic Therapy in Oral Cancer and Premalignant Lesions
Rajan Saini, Nathan V. Lee, [...], and Catherine F. Poh
Conclusions
Due to the extensive spread of lesions, multiple foci of disease, and frequent recurrence, treatment of superficial oral cancers represents a tremendous challenge. In light of the evidence available from various retrospective and prospective studies,
it can be concluded that PDT offers an exciting approach for the management of early malignant lesions as a stand-alone modality or as an adjuvant therapy in combination with other therapeutic approaches. It may also improve the quality of life for inoperable, advanced, or resistant cancers. For these reasons, we may also have higher patient compliance. Together with new developments in PS delivery and T-vaccines, as well as a better integrative knowledge in cell death pathways at the molecular level, mechanisms of antivascular events, and their impact on the development of the immune response, improved therapies based on PDT-mediated tumor damage can be developed. Published online 2016 Sep 2.
Randomized clinical trials comparing the use of PDT to conventional treatments in oral cancer patients are needed. This will allow PDT to become one of the mainstream curative treatments of choice for early lesions as well as a palliative treatment for advanced, relapsed, or treatment-resistant head and neck cancers.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040985/
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