Cytological effects in lymph nodes of abdominal lymphodissection zone after intraoperative photodynamic therapy of gastrointestinal cancers

Authors :: V. Yu. Kravtsov
E. S. Pirozhenko
K. V. Pavelec
M. A. Protchenkov
U. A. Drozd
Source :: Biomedical Photonics, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 11-15 (2019)
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Non-profit partnership for development of domestic photodynamic therapy and photodiagnosis "Russian Photodynamic Association", 2019.
Abstract: Cytological studies on lymph nodes of abdominal lymphodissection zone after local intraoperative photodynamic therapy (IOPDT) of gastrointestinal cancers were carried out. As a result of the PDT, the metastatic cells are destroyed, their cytoplasmic membranes and the cytoplasm disappears, leaving behind interphase nuclei ("naked nuclei") (p

Subjects :: photodynamic therapy
cytopathology
interphase nucleus
apoptosis
radachlorin
fotoditazin
Medical technology
R855-855.5

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