Treatment > Photodynamic Therapy


Brain Tumors

Schmidt MH, Meyer GA, Reichert KW, Cheng J, Krouwer HG, Ozker K, Whelan HT
Evaluation of photodynamic therapy near functional brain tissue in patients with recurrent brain tumors
J Neurooncol. 2004 Mar-Apr;67(1-2):201-7. (Clinical Study, Abstract+)


Glioblastoma

Frank Duffner, Rainer Ritz, Dirk Freudenstein, Michael Weller, Klaus Dietz and Johannes Wessels
Specific intensity imaging for glioblastoma and neural cell cultures with 5-aminolevulinic acid-derived protoporphyrin IX
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 71(2): 107-111, January 2005. (Laboratory Investigation, Abstract+)

Stummer W, Beck T, Beyer W, Mehrkens JH, Obermeier A, Etminan N, Stepp H, Tonn JC, Baumgartner R, Herms J, Kreth FW.
Long-sustaining response in a patient with non-resectable, distant recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme treated by interstitial photodynamic therapy using 5-ALA: case report
J Neurooncol. 2007 Nov 23; [Epub ahead of print]
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Gliomas

Henry Hirschberg, Chung-Ho Sun, Bruce J. Tromberg, Alvin T. Yeh, Steen J. Madsen
Enhanced cytotoxic effects of 5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy by concurrent hyperthermia in glioma spheroids
J Neurooncol, 70(3): 289-299, December 2004. (Laboratory Investigation, Abstract+)

Varma AK, Muller PJ.
Cranial neuropathies after intracranial Photofrin-photodynamic therapy for malignant supratentorial gliomas-a report on 3 cases.
Surg Neurol. 2007 Oct 30; [Epub ahead of print]
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