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The 14 pages that link to Photodynamic therapy, each with the reason it gives.

• PhotochemistryBroader topic: Its therapeutic effect depends on light-driven production of reactive chemical species.

• ChromophoreRelated: Its photosensitizers contain chromophores that absorb therapeutic light and initiate reactive chemistry.

• Age-related macular degenerationCompared with: It is an alternative vessel-targeting treatment, now used less often than anti-VEGF injections.

• PhotocatalysisCompared with: It resembles photocatalysis but targets biological damage rather than catalytic chemical production.

• PorphyrinRelated: Porphyrins and related compounds can serve as light-activated therapeutic agents.

• Photochemical reactionBroader topic: It applies controlled photochemical reactions to damage targeted cells.

• Singlet oxygenBroader topic: Many photosensitizers treat tumors partly by producing singlet oxygen near illuminated cells.

• Basal cell carcinomaRelated: It is used for selected superficial tumors, particularly when cosmetic outcomes matter.

• Methylene blueRelated: Methylene blue can serve as the light-activated agent in some photodynamic treatments.

• PhototherapyBroader topic: This distinct treatment method applies light to activate a photosensitizing agent.

• Boron neutron capture therapyCompared with: It also seeks localized tumor damage, but uses light and chemistry rather than nuclear reactions.

• LuminescenceRelated: Light absorption initiates reactions whose products can damage targeted cells.

• Dye laserRelated: Dye lasers can deliver wavelengths matched to photosensitizers used in this treatment.

• Niels Ryberg FinsenCompared with: Unlike Finsen’s direct light exposure, this later therapy requires a photosensitizing agent.