Global Photodynamic Therapy Market to Register Stable Expansion During 2018-2026
Verfasser: yogesh on Tuesday, 11 December 2018Special drugs like certain photosensitizing agents are used with light to kill malign cancerous cells in a photodynamic therapy. These type of drugs are efficiently activated only in the presence of certain kind of lights with specific wavelength. Photodynamic therapy is also commonly referred as photo chemotherapy, photo radiation therapy or phototherapy. These photosensitizing agents are put either on the skin or in the bloodstream through a vein. These agents are put depending on the part of the body to be exposed to photodynamic therapy. Over time, the drugs are absorbed by the cancerous cells and is then exposed to the light. Light involved, results in the drug reacting with oxygen, forming a chemical that kills the cancer cells. An alternative approach of photodynamic therapy includes destroying the blood vessels that are depository sources for the cancer cells. Photodynamic therapy also activated the immune system to attach the cancer cells. Drug-to-light interval is the total period between applying the photosensitizing agent and exposing it to the light. The drug-to-light usually depends on the photosensitizing drug that is used, it could be anywhere from hours to days.