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Tayyaba Hasan on developments in photodynamic therapy (Video)
Our Experts Ready to Translate Her Photodynamic Research into Patient Care.Doctor & PATIENT Approved A cost-effective treatment for oral cancerTayyaba Hasan is a Professor of Dermatology at Harvard Medical School (and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences...
KEY PUBLICATIONS
Photodynamic therapy
Dougherty, TJ; Gomer, CJ; Henderson, BW; Jori, G; Kessel, D; Korbelik, M; Moan, J; Peng, Q.
JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE, 1998; 90(12), 889-905; 10.1093/jnci/90.12.889
Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer: An Update
Agostinis, P; Berg, K; Cengel, KA; Foster, TH; Girotti, AW; Gollnick, SO; Hahn, SM; Hamblin, MR; Juzeniene, A; Kessel, D; Korbelik, M; Moan, J; Mroz, P; Nowis, D; Piette, J; Wilson, BC; Golab, J.
CA-A CANCER JOURNAL FOR CLINICIANS, 2011; 61(4), 250-281; 10.3322/caac.20114
Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy: Mechanisms, Monitoring, and Optimization
Celli, JP; Spring, BQ; Rizvi, I; Evans, CL; Samkoe, KS; Verma, S; Pogue, BW; Hasan, T.
CHEMICAL REVIEWS, 2010; 110(5), 2795-2838; 10.1021/cr900300p
Photodynamic therapy and anti-tumour immunity
Castano, AP; Mroz, P; Hamblin, MR.
NATURE REVIEWS CANCER, 2006; 6 (7), 535-545; 10.1038/nrc1894
The present and future role of photodynamic therapy in cancer treatment
Brown, SB; Brown, EA; Walker, I.
LANCET ONCOLOGY, 2004; 5(8), 497-508; 10.1016/S1470- 2045(04)01529-3
Photodynamic therapy for cancer
Dolmans, DEJGJ; Fukumura, D; Jain, RK.
NATURE REVIEWS CANCER, 2003; 5, 380-387; 10.1038/nrc1071
The role of porphyrin chemistry in tumor imaging and photodynamic therapy
Ethirajan, M; Chen, YH; Joshi, P; Pandey, RK.
CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS, 2011; 40(1), 340-362 10.1039/b915149b
Photodynamic therapy with endogenous protoporphyrin IX: Basic principles and present clinical experience
Kennedy, JC; Pottier, RH; Pross, DC.
JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B- BIOLOGY, 1990; 6(1-2), 143-148; 10.1016/1011-1344(90)85083-9
Photodynamic therapy: a new antimicrobial approach to infectious disease?
Hamblin, MR; Hasan, T.
PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 2004; 3(5), 436-450; 10.1039/b311900a
How does photodynamic therapy work?
Henderson, BW; Dougherty, TJ.
PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY, 1992; 55(1), 145-157; 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1992.tb04222.x
Photodynamic therapy of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration with verteporfin – One-year results of 2 randomized clinical trials – TAP report 1
Bressler, NM.
ARCHIVES OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, 1999; 117(10), 1329-1345
Featured Publications
Clinical Trials
- Low-cost Enabling Technology for Image-guided Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) of Oral Cancer Cancer
- Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Premalignant or Early Stage Head and Neck Tumors
- Interstitial Photodynamic Therapy in Treating Patients With Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer
- Photodynamic Therapy Using HPPH in Treating Patients Undergoing Surgery for Primary or Recurrent Head and Neck Cancer
- Photodynamic Therapy for Oral Leukoplakia and Erythroleukoplakia
- Photodynamic Therapy With Porfimer Sodium in Treating Patients With Precancerous Lesions, Cancer, or Other Disease of the Aerodigestive Tract
- A Trial of Photodynamic Therapy With HPPH for Treatment of Dysplasia, Carcinoma in Situ and T1 Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and/or Oropharynx
- Photodynamic Therapy System for Patients With Refractory/Unresponsive Solid Tumors
- Treatment of Oral Premalignant Lesions With 5-ALA PDT