Commentary Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 4 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/cancerimmunol.2.033
Susceptibility of Malignant Brain Tumors to 5-aminolaevulinic Acid Mediated Photodynamic Therapy: Direct Phototoxicity and Immunological Effects
Angeliki Datsi1, Rüdiger V. Sorg1,*
- 1Institute for Transplantation Diagnostics and Cell Therapeutics, Heinrich-Heine University Hospital, Medical Faculty, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Corresponding Author
Rüdiger V. Sorg, ruediger.sorg@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Received Date: October 31, 2020
Accepted Date: November 13, 2020
Datsi A, Sorg RV. Susceptibility of Malignant Brain Tumors to 5-aminolaevulinic Acid Mediated Photodynamic Therapy: Direct Phototoxicity and Immunological Effects. J Cancer Immunol. 2020; 2(4): 211-215.
Copyright: © 2020 Datsi A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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