photoradiation therapy
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photoradiation therapy — photodynamic therapy … The new mediacal dictionary
therapy — 1. The treatment of disease or disorder by any method. SEE ALSO: therapeutics. 2. In psychiatry, and clinical psychology, a short term for psychotherapy. SEE ALSO: psychotherapy … Medical dictionary
photoradiation — 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 … Medical dictionary
photoradiation — n.; see photodynamic therapy … The new mediacal dictionary
Photodynamic therapy — Treatment that destroys cancer cells with lasers and drugs that become active when exposed to light. * * * (PDT, photoradiation therapy, phototherapy, photochemotherapy) a treatment for some types of superficial cancers. A photosensitizing agent… … Medical dictionary
Photodynamic therapy — (PDT), matured as a feasible medical technology in the 1980s at several institutions throughout the world, is a third level Clarifyme|date=September 2008 treatment for cancer involving three key components: a photosensitizer, light, and tissue… … Wikipedia
photodynamic therapy — PDT; = photoradiation therapy; = phototherapy; = photochemotherapy 1) a treatment for some types of superficial cancers. A light sensitive agent is injected into the bloodstream and remains in cancer cells for a longer time than in normal cells.… … The new mediacal dictionary
фотодинамическая терапия — Термин фотодинамическая терапия Термин на английском photodynamic therapy Синонимы photoradiation therapy, phototherapy, photochemotherapy Аббревиатуры ФДТ, PDT Связанные термины абляция, бактериохлорофилл, клетка, нанолекарство, нанофармакология … Энциклопедический словарь нанотехнологий
photochemotherapy — SYN: photoradiation. * * * pho·to·che·mo·ther·a·py .kē mō ther ə pē n, pl pies treatment esp. for psoriasis in which administration of a photosensitizing drug (as psoralen) is followed by exposure to ultraviolet radiation or sunlight * * * n. see … Medical dictionary
