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Lung Cancer Treatment: Photodynamic Therapy
Photodynamic therapy combines laser treatments with medications that make cancer cells more sensitive to laser light. When the laser beam is directed to the cancer cells, they absorb more energy and die. Photodynamic therapy is used to destroy lung cancers that have not spread beyond the lung.

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Last Updated: Nov 6, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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