photodynamic therapy
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- (FOH-toh-dy-NA-mik THAYR-uh-pee) Treatment with drugs that become active when exposed to light. These activated drugs may kill cancer cells.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - arsenic, dihematoporphyrin ether, hematoporphyrin derivative, HPPH, LED therapy, light-emitting diode therapy, methyl-5-aminolevulinate, photoactivity, Photofrin, photosensitizer, photosensitizing agent, porcine, porfimer sodium, psoralen and ultraviolet A therapy, PUVA therapy, silicon phthalocyanine 4, talaporfin sodium