Photodynamic Therapy for Mesothelioma

Methods Used to Treat of Malignant Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma may be particularly well suited for gene therapy treatment owing to its accessibility, allowing both intrapleural and intratumoral gene delivery.

Conventional therapy for pleural mesothelioma has met with disappointing results. Surgical intervention and photodynamic therapy offer good survival results in
patients with stage I or II pleural mesothelioma. Patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma underwent extensive surgery followed by intra-operative
photodynamic therapy.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a light-based cancer treatment that, in the correct setting, can be delivered intraoperatively, unlike most other surgery-based
multimodal treatments for mesothelioma.

Photodynamic Therapy for Mesothelioma - commonly asked questions ...
One of the newest and most exciting types of therapy for mesothelioma is called photodynamic therapy (PDT). How does photodynamic therapy work? A drug called Photofrin is injected into a patient, this drug specifically targets and bonds to mesothelioma cells. What are the drawbacks of photodynamic therapy? The main drawbacks of this therapy are that the laser light is not very strong, typically only penetrating three centimeters or so.