Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Vertebral Metastases: A Phase I Clinical Trial.

Carl FisherZakariya AliJay DetskyArjun SahgalElizabeth DavidMonica KunzMargarete K AkensEdward ChowCari WhyneShane BurchBrian C WilsonAlbert Yee

Published in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2019)

Using the parameters described, vertebral PDT as an adjunct to VCA is safe from a pharmaceutical and neurologic perspective. The results of this trial motivate scale-up study evaluating potential PDT efficacy in vertebral metastatic treatment.

Keyphrases

photodynamic therapy
clinical trial
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