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"Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is currently clinically employed to treat several malignant and nonmalignant diseases. With approvals for various applications by health agencies in Europe, the US, Canada, and Japan, PDT represents the method of choice for treatment of age-related macular degeneration and is appreciated as a minimally invasive therapeutic procedure to treat skin, esophageal, head and neck, lung, and bladder cancers with high cure rates, nearly no side effects, and excellent cosmetic outcomes. Current basic research and clinical studies will help to further integrate PDT as a mainstream procedure for cancer treatment. This book presents an overview of the important medical applications of PDT, including approved treatments, clinical trials, and investigated therapies for cancer and non-malignant diseases."--

Phototherapy. --- Photochemotherapy. --- Photodynamic therapy --- Chemotherapy --- Photosensitization, Biological --- Phototherapy --- Actinotherapy --- Finsen rays --- Finsen therapy --- Light --- Light therapy --- Physical therapy --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Thermotherapy --- Radiotherapy --- Therapeutic use --- Physiological effect

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Photobiology integrates a wide variety of scientific disciplines. As more people become aware of the many ways light interacts with chemical and biological systems, the need for a concise treatment of photobiology has become more critical. Kohen et al. Have written just such a book, intended both as a textbook and as a reference.The authors begin by providing a brief description of the nature of light, how it affects matter, and the means and methods of measuring it. A major section of the book is devoted to how light influences living systems, including discussions of photosynthesi

General biophysics --- Photobiology. --- Photobiochemistry. --- Phototherapy. --- Actinotherapy --- Finsen rays --- Finsen therapy --- Light --- Light therapy --- Physical therapy --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Thermotherapy --- Radiotherapy --- Bioorganic photochemistry --- Biophotochemistry --- Organic photochemistry --- Photobiology --- Biology --- Photochemistry --- Therapeutic use --- Physiological effect

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Nanoscience has become one of the key growth areas in recent years. It can be integrated into imaging and therapy to increase the potential for novel applications in the field of photomedicine. In the past commercial applications of nanoscience have been limited to materials science research only, however, in recent years nanoparticles are rapidly being incorporated into industrial and consumer products. This is mainly due to the expansion of biomedical related research and the burgeoning field of nanomedicine. Applications of Nanoscience in Photomedicine covers a wide range of nanomaterials i

Medical technology. --- Nanoscience. --- Nanotechnology. --- Photochemotherapy. --- Phototherapy --- Nanomedicine --- Nanotechnology --- Biomedical Technology --- Therapeutics --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Technology --- Miniaturization --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Technology, Industry, and Agriculture --- Technology, Industry, Agriculture --- Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Phototherapy. --- Nano science --- Nanoscale science --- Nanosciences --- Science --- Actinotherapy --- Finsen rays --- Finsen therapy --- Light --- Light therapy --- Physical therapy --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Thermotherapy --- Radiotherapy --- Therapeutic use --- Physiological effect

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Hyperbilirubinemia of the neonate and the related risk of brain damage with conseguent important alterations in motor development, particularly in sick preterm babies, remains a major problem in nurseries throughout the world. Since its introduction in the 1950's phototherapy has been used for reducing serum bilirubin concentrations in the newborn with hyperbilirubinemia; however, only recently the photoprocesses invoked by light on various substrates including bilirubin have been clari­ fied in sufficient detail. Light treatment actually exemplifies the intimate relationship between the clinical and basic sciences: the better understanding of the mechanism of phototherapy as a result of investigations initiated in the laboratory has been extended to the bedside as new types of lamps or new schedules of treatment. As a consequence, phototherapy of hyperbilirubinemia has emerged as a well-established branch of photomedicine, based on molecular photo­ biology, scientific method, and creative use of physics and sophis­ ticated electrooptical capabilities. The collaboration and exchange of information between workers in different basic and clinical di­ sciplines is likely to stimulate a further optimization of photo­ therapy. The purpose of this monograph is to discuss some of the new aspects of bilirubin metabolism and phototherapeutic treatment. Bilirubin conjugation in the fetal and early neonatal life, the mechanism of bilirubin entry into the brain, the measurements of bilirubin concentration in the skin and serum bilirubin binding capacity are discussed by a number of prominent neonatologists.

Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Pediatrics --- Medicine. --- Pediatrics. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Jaundice, Neonatal --- Phototherapy --- Child --- Infant --- Children --- Minors --- Infants --- Therapy, Photoradiation --- Light Therapy --- Photoradiation Therapy --- Light Therapies --- Photoradiation Therapies --- Phototherapies --- Therapies, Light --- Therapies, Photoradiation --- Therapy, Light --- Light --- Buhl's disease --- Hyperbilirubinemia, Neonatal --- Icterus neonatorum --- Neonatal jaundice --- Ritter's disease --- Wickel's disease --- Actinotherapy --- Finsen rays --- Finsen therapy --- Light therapy --- Physical therapy --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Thermotherapy --- Radiotherapy --- Treatment&delete& --- Congresses --- therapy --- therapeutic use --- Therapeutic use --- Physiological effect --- Treatment

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Phototherapy exemplifies scientific medicine. The major advances have resulted from effective collaborations between basic researchers and clinicians. This book is directed to clinicians and basic researchers who are interested in current and emerging implementations of phototherapy. It can serve as an introductory reference and a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in medical physics and biomedical engineering. The emphasis is on the science underlying the various phototherapy procedures, which encompasses aspects of classical and molecular photophysics, biological photochemistry, photobiology and biophotonics. Topics that do not usually appear in other general sources include the theory and applications of tissue optics, Monte Carlo simulation, light dosimetry, and analytical modeling of laser surgery. Many illustrative problems with answers are provided to exemplify the more quantitative aspects of each topic.

Phototherapy. --- Light --- Physiological effect. --- Photobiology --- Actinotherapy --- Finsen rays --- Finsen therapy --- Light therapy --- Physical therapy --- Therapeutics, Physiological --- Thermotherapy --- Radiotherapy --- Therapeutic use --- Physiological effect --- Toxicology. --- Medicine. --- Oncology. --- Dermatology. --- Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Medicine/Public Health, general. --- Cancer Research. --- Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices. --- Medicine --- Skin --- Tumors --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Chemicals --- Pharmacology --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Diseases --- Toxicology --- Biophysics. --- Biological physics. --- Pharmacology. --- Cancer research. --- Lasers. --- Photonics. --- Health Workforce --- New optics --- Optics --- Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation --- Masers, Optical --- Optical masers --- Light amplifiers --- Light sources --- Optoelectronic devices --- Nonlinear optics --- Optical parametric oscillators --- Cancer research --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Biological physics --- Biology --- Physics