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ReviewTechnology in cancer research & treatment2005

A review of progress in clinical photodynamic therapy.

Z Huang

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Technology in cancer research & treatment, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 222 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
222citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

222 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Control of Gemcitabine Activity With Blue and Red Light.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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  15. Self-Applied Daylight Photodynamic Therapy: A Paradigm Shift?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
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  18. Mini Review On: The Roles of DNA Nanomaterials in Phototherapy.International journal of nanomedicine · 2025
    Review
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162 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Z HuangHealthONE Alliance, 899 Logan Street, Suite 203, Denver, CO 80203, USA. zheng_huang@msn.com

Funding

VERTERINARY PROJECTP01CA043892 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HETZEL, FRED W · 1987 to 2008
$9.9M
NCI NIH HHS CA43892NCI NIH HHS P01 CA043892NCI NIH HHS P01 CA043892-15
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has received increased attention since the regulatory approvals have been granted to several photosensitizing drugs and light applicators worldwide. Much progress has been seen in basic sciences and clinical photodynamics in recent years. This review will focus on new developments of clinical investigation and discuss the usefulness of various forms of PDT techniques for curative or palliative treatment of malignant and non-malignant diseases.

Indexed as

PhotochemotherapyAnimalsHumansNeoplasmsPhotosensitizing AgentsPhotosensitizing Agents

Identifiers

PMID15896084
PMCPMC1317568

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