photochemotherapy

photochemotherapy

 [fo″to-ke″mo-ther´ah-pe]

treatment by means of drugs (such as methoxsalen) that react to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight.

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pho·to·ra·di·a·tion

(fō'tō-rā'dē-ā'shŭn),

Treatment of cancer by intravenous injection of a photosensitizing agent, such as hematoporphyrin, followed by exposure to visible light of superficial tumors or of deep tumors by a fiberoptic probe.

Synonym(s): photochemotherapy, photoradiation therapy

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phototherapy

Mainstream medicine
Bright light therapy, see there.

Experimental oncology
A therapy in which various conditions (colorectal cancer, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, head and neck cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, psoriasis, skin cancer) are treated by light after previous administration of the agent haemoporphyrin.

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photochemotherapy

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy, photopheresis, phototherapy Oncology A therapy in which a photosensitizer–eg, a hematoporphyrin derivative, is administered, post light exposure; PCT is used to eradicate, or ↓ size of superficial transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder, systemic sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases

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pho·to·ra·di·a·tion

(fō'tō-rā'dē-ā'shŭn)

Treatment of cancer by intravenous injection of a photosensitizing agent (e.g., hematoporphyrin), followed by exposure to visible light of superficial tumors or of deep tumors by a fiberoptic probe.
Synonym(s): photochemotherapy.

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