MAKE A MEME View Large Image Photodynamic therapy (2).jpg Close up of surgeons' hands in an operating room with a beam of light traveling along fiber optics for photodynamic therapy Its source is a laser beam which is split at two different stages to create the proper ...
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Keywords: Photodynamic therapy (2).jpg Close up of surgeons' hands in an operating room with a beam of light traveling along fiber optics for photodynamic therapy Its source is a laser beam which is split at two different stages to create the proper therapeutic wavelength A patient would be given a photo sensitive drug photofrin containing cancer killing substances which are absorbed by cancer cells During the surgery the light beam is positioned at the tumor site which then activates the drug that kills the cancer cells thus photodynamic therapy PDT Topics/Categories Treatment Other Interventions Type Color Photo Source National Cancer Institute John Crawford Photographer 2340 1988-04 Reuse Restrictions None - This image is in the public domain and can be freely reused Please credit the source and/or author listed above John Crawford Photographer PD-USGov-HHS-NIH Images uploaded by Fæ Laser therapy Cancer treatments Media from National Cancer Institute Visuals Online
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