Full Description
This book provides an overview of the contemporary landscape of photodynamic therapy in dermatology. It encapsulates the latest research accomplishments and anticipates the trajectory of its evolution for treating cutaneous ailments. Details of photodynamic therapy in clinical treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer, cutaneous melanoma, infectious dermatoses, and other cutaneous diseases are presented in the book. Dermatologists actively involved in photodynamic clinical practice will find this book immensely instructive, while novices in the field will be equally captivated and motivated by its insights.
Contents
1. Development of photodynamic therapy.- 2. Principles of photodynamic therapy and photosensitizers in dermatology.- 3. Mechanism of photodynamic therapy.- 4. Pain during photodynamic therapy.- 5. ALA-PDT in nonmelanoma skin cancer.- 6. HpD-PDT in the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer.- 7. Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of cutaneous melanoma.- 8. ALA-PDT for the treatment of HPV-related dermatoses.- 9. ALA-PDT for the treatment of diseases of hair follicle and sebaceous glands.- 10. ALA-PDT in the treatment of skin aging.- 11. ALA-PDT for the treatment of other cutaneous diseases.- 12. Neoadjuvant use of PDT for nonmelanoma skin cancers.- 13. HMME-PDT for the treatment of superficial vascular skin diseases.- 14. Application of the photosensitizer-mediated fluorescence diagnosis.- 15. Management of adverse reactions to photodynamic therapy.- 16. Application of noninvasive diagnostic techniques in photodynamic therapy.- 17. Future prospects of photodynamic therapy in dermatology.
