Photodynamic Therapy using Laser and Fluorescence Imaging

This book describes the scientific mechanism and clinically proven contents of photodynamic cancer treatment at university hospitals in Korea, and is a must-read for clinicians and cancer treatment researchers who treat cancer, biomedical engineering engineers who want to develop medical devices, students of medical colleges, and students of biomedical engineering departments of engineering colleges. In addition, we provide important information about cancer treatment to cancer patients.

Photodynamic cancer treatment is a simple procedure that uses a chemical reaction of light and photosensitizers. Since cancer can be treated without surgery and only cancer cells are sel‎ected for treatment, normal cells are not damaged. Inoperable cancers can be treated repeatedly, and tumors are treated only by irradiating light, so there are no side effects or complications after treatment, and the patient suffers less during treatment. In addition, the cost of treatment is low, and this book also details photodynamic cancer treatment methods that have a higher survival rate for cancer patients after treatment than other cancer treatment methods.