Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28809342›Full record

ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2013

Dye Sensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy.

Alexandra B Ormond, Harold S Freeman

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In one paragraph

Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 198 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
198citing papers in PubMed
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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

198 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Cationic Bacteriochlorin in the photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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  16. Phototherapy in cancer treatment: strategies and challenges.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2025
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138 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

2 authors.

Alexandra B OrmondFiber and Polymer Science Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8301, USA. abpolian@ncsu.edu.
Harold S FreemanFiber and Polymer Science Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8301, USA. hfreeman@ncsu.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

clinical trialsphotodynamic therapyphotosensitizersporphyrinstarget organs

Identifiers

PMID28809342
PMCPMC5512801

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Registered trials

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