Photodynamic therapy of tumors can lead to development of systemic antigen-specific immune response.

The mechanism by which the immune system can effectively recognize and destroy tumors is dependent on recognition of tumor antigens. The molecular identity of a number of these antigens has recently been identified and several immunotherapies have explored them as targets. Photodynamic therapy (PDT)...

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Main Authors: Pawel Mroz, Angelika Szokalska, Mei X Wu, Michael R Hamblin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3001867?pdf=render