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ReviewPhotochemistry and photobiology

Photodynamic therapy of cancer-associated infections.

Giulia Kassab, Juan Chen, Gang Zheng

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Review in Photochemistry and photobiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Giulia KassabPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9055-7763
Juan ChenPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Gang ZhengPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

Canada Foundation for Innovation 21765Canada Research Chairs 950-232468CIHR FDN154326CIHR PJT190047Princess Margaret Cancer FoundationTerry Fox Research Institute PPG1137
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogens can be involved in tumor initiation, promotion, and progression through different mechanisms, and their treatment can prevent new cancer cases, improve outcomes, and revert poor-prognostic phenotypes. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) successfully treats different types of cancers and infections and, therefore, has a unique potential to address their combination. However, we believe this potential has been underutilized, and few researchers have investigated the impacts of PDT of both infection-related and cancer-related outcomes at once. This review presents the main agents behind cancer-associated infections (CAIs), the PDT protocols that have been tested on them, and their key findings. Additionally, we discuss the key aspects of PDT that make it ideal for CAI treatment, and what knowledge gaps need to be filled in order to make it successful.

Indexed as

NeoplasmsPhotochemotherapyPhotosensitizing AgentsAnimalsHumansPhotosensitizing Agentsbacteriacancerinfectionsphotodynamic therapyphotosensitizersvirus

Identifiers

PMID39737809
PMCPMC12345402

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