Alternative Treatment for Cancer in Germany

Photodynamic Therapy Alternative Treatment for Cancer in Germany

The Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment that kills cancer cells by using special drugs, called photosensitizing agents, along with light. The nontoxic light-sensitive compounds are exposed selectively to light, whereupon they become toxic to targeted malignant and other diseased cells (phototoxicity). The healthy cells are not affected.

Centers offering PDT Therapy in Germany

Advantages of PDT therapy

• treatment limitation on the malignant tumor tissue by specific and selective Photosensitizer structure
• focused laser radiation
• the surrounding healthy tissue is not affected
• not only tumors can be treated with PDT, also other tissue changes, such as vascular neoplasms
• in dermatology and ophthalmology, PDT is already established as standard practice
• other possible applications of PDT: parasites, bacteria and viruses, multiple sclerosis
• less invasive, and less scarring than surgery

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