Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy of peritoneal metastasis of ovarian cancer

Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2012 Mar;9(1):16-31. doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2011.08.003. Epub 2011 Oct 1.

Abstract

Ovarian cancer is among the deadliest in women. Current treatment strategies fail to cure many patients owing to the difficulties of eradicating peritoneal implants frequently associated with this pathology. Photodynamic therapy represents a promising treatment as it offers many advantages over alternative strategies: diagnostic properties, specific targeting of abnormal cells, possibility to be combined with other therapies.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aminolevulinic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Photochemotherapy / methods*
  • Photosensitizing Agents / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Aminolevulinic Acid