Unlocking Hope for Cancer Patients Using PDT
THE PHOTOSOFT™M ADVANTAGE
A NOVEL CANCER TREATMENT
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NGPDT (Next-Gen PDT) is a ground-breaking
technology that overcomes many of the
shortcomings of early PDT technologies and
aims to transform the treatment of a wide
range of cancers
NGPDT is a minimally invasive modality for
treating cancer that specifically identifies and
destroys cancer cells whilst leaving the rest of
the body's normal cells unharmed
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) consists of three elements:
Combines photosensitiser
1
compound with light-
2
Generates reactive
oxygen species ("ROS")
causing damage to only
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induced activation
targeted cells
Light
Direct cell death along
with activation of immune
response
Necrosis
Photosensitiser
Cellular
Generation of
accumulation in→
tumour tissue
localisation
reactive 02
Cellular
damage
Cell
death via
Apoptosis
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Autophagy
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