Efficacy of photodynamic therapy for basal cell carcinoma using photosensitizers of different classes
Romanko, Y.S.; Kaplan, M.A.; Ivanov, S.A.; Galkin, V.N.; Molochkova, Y.V.; Kuntsevich, Z.S.; Tretiakova, E.I.; Sukhova, T.E.; Molochkov, V.A.; Molochkov, A.V.
Voprosy Onkologii 62(3): 447-450
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0507-3758 PMID: 30462909 Document Number: 690886
The paper presented results of photodynamic therapy for 139 patients with basal cell carcinoma. We conducted a study of the efficacy and safety of four methods of photodynamic therapy. There were used the following photosensitizers: photohem, photosens, photolon and photodithazine. Photodynamic therapy using photosensitizers of chlorine series (photolon and photoditazin) provides a better long-term results improving disease-free 3-year survival rate to 90.4% and 92.3%, respectively compared to 54.7% and 71.1% in groups, in which treatment was restricted by photohem and photosens.