Photodynamic therapy as adjunctive therapy for morpheaform basal cell carcinoma

• Author(s): Torres, T. ; Fernandes, I. ; Costa, V: ; Selores, M.
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/868
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Centro Hospitalar do Porto
• Subject(s): photodynamic therapy; morpheaform basal cell carcinoma; adjunctive therapy
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

The authors decided to evaluate the possible use of methyl-aminolevulinate photodynamic therapy (MAL-PDT) as adjunctive therapy for morpheaform basal cell carcinoma prior to standard surgical excision in order to reduce tumor size and volume and to facilitate surgical treatment. It was observed that MAL-PDT may be an option as an adjunctive therapy prior to standard surgical excision of morpheaform basal cell carcinoma, leading to less invasive surgery