photochemotherapy
photochemotherapy
[fo″to-ke″mo-ther´ah-pe]pho·to·ra·di·a·tion
(fō'tō-rā'dē-ā'shŭn),phototherapy
Mainstream medicineBright light therapy, see there.
Experimental oncology
A therapy in which various conditions (colorectal cancer, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, head and neck cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, psoriasis, skin cancer) are treated by light after previous administration of the agent haemoporphyrin.
photochemotherapy
Extracorporeal photochemotherapy, photopheresis, phototherapy Oncology A therapy in which a photosensitizer–eg, a hematoporphyrin derivative, is administered, post light exposure; PCT is used to eradicate, or ↓ size of superficial transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder, systemic sclerosis and other autoimmune diseasespho·to·ra·di·a·tion
(fō'tō-rā'dē-ā'shŭn)Synonym(s): photochemotherapy.