Search results for "PHOTOTHERAPY"
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Progress of Phototherapy Applications in the Treatment of Bone Cancer
2021
Bone cancer including primary bone cancer and metastatic bone cancer, remains a challenge claiming millions of lives and affecting the life quality of survivors. Conventional treatments of bone cancer include wide surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. However, some bone cancer cells may remain or recur in the local area after resection, some are highly resistant to chemotherapy, and some are insensitive to radiotherapy. Phototherapy (PT) including photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT), is a clinically approved, minimally invasive, and highly selective treatment, and has been widely reported for cancer therapy. Under the irradiation of light of a specific wa…
Molecular insights and novel approaches for targeting tumor metastasis
2020
In recent years, due to the effective drug delivery and preciseness of tumor sites or microenvironment, the targeted drug delivery approaches have gained ample attention for tumor metastasis therapy. The conventional treatment approaches for metastasis therapy have reported with immense adverse effects because they exhibited maximum probability of killing the carcinogenic cells along with healthy cells. The tumor vasculature, comprising of vasculogenic impressions and angiogenesis, greatly depends upon the growth and metastasis in the tumors. Therefore, various nanocarriers-based delivery approaches for targeting to tumor vasculature have been attempted as efficient and potential approaches…
Efecto de la masoterapia sobre la ictericia neonatal: revisión sistemática
2019
espanolObjetivo: Identificar, evaluar y sintetizar la mayor evidencia disponible sobre el efecto del masaje en la ictericia en neonatos a termino tratados o no con fototerapia. Metodo: Se desarrollo una revision siguiendo la declaracion PRISMA. Para ello se realizouna exhaustiva busqueda sistematica en las bases de datos PubMed, Cuiden, Scopus, Scielo y Cnki de los articulos publicados entre enero del 2009 y junio del 2018. Los estudios seleccionados fueron sometidos a una evaluacion de la calidad metodologica mediante la escala PEDro. Resultados: Un total de 10 trabajos cumplian los criterios inclusion y fueron incorporados a la revision. Estos presentaban una calidad metodologica moderada…
Fiat lux: the light became therapy. An overview on the Bright Light Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease sleep disorders
2020
Background: A system of photosensitive retinal ganglion cells provides ‘non-visual’ information on the circadian sequences of light to the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which, as the ‘master clock’, synchronizes the chronobiological mechanisms of all the biological clocks. Damage to SCN structure alters circadian behavioral and hormonal rhythms and interferes with a regular sleep-wake pattern. Several studies have shown that, in aging and in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), circadian rhythms change their synchronization with the environment and behavior loses sync with light. Objective: The current overview aims to examine research studies showing the effect of bright light therapy (BLT) on sleep…
Sintonikas ietekme uz miopiju
2017
MĒRĶIS: noteikt sintonikas fototerapijas efektivitāti jauniešiem ar vidējās pakāpes miopiju līdz 3,0D vai nekoriģēto sākotnējo miopiju. METODE: 10 miopi vecumā no 8 līdz 17 gadi. Tika izmantotāss redzes asuma, miopijas pakāpes, akomodācijas amplitūdas, acs zīlītes αω reakcijas un redzes lauka noteikšanas testi. Pēc sākotnējās pārbaudēs dalībnieki tika pakļauti 15 sintonikas seansiem. REZULTĀTI: pēc sintonikas pielietošanas statistiski nozīmīgi uzlabojas akomodācijas amplitūda, redzes asums, acs zīlītes reakcijas - αω un redzes lauks. Tika novērots miopijas samazinājums3 dalībniekiem ar sākotnējo miopiju un nozīmīga uzlabošanas parējiem 4 dalībniekiem. SECINĀJUMI: Statistiski nozīmīgi rezult…
The use of low level laser therapy in the treatment of temporomandibular joint disorders: review of the literature
2013
Introduction: The temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) have been identified as the most important cause of pain in the facial region. The low level laser therapy (LLLT) has demonstrated to have an analgesic, anti-inflammatory and biostimulating effects. The LLLT is a noninvasive, quick and safe, non-pharmaceutical intervention that may be beneficial for patients with TMDs. However the clinical efficiency of LLLT in the treatment of this kind of disorders is controversial. Objectives: Literature review in reference to the use of LLLT in the treatment of TMDs, considering the scientific evidence level of the published studies. Material and Methods: A MEDLINE and COCHRANE database search was mad…
Topical therapies for oral lichen planus management and their efficacy: a narrative review.
2012
Oral Lichen Planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory condition implicating T cell-mediated cytotoxicity, and involving oral mucosal surfaces. Several therapeutic regimens have been evaluated to treat OLP and pain related, but often without high level of evidence. Topical formulations are the favourite for the majority of cases; bioadhesive formulations have been considered very useful and practical for local drug delivery in oral mucosa, due to the increased residence time on the oral mucosa of the dosage forms and better therapeutic efficacy. In this narrative review, authors try to illustrate the current topical managements for OLP from the accessible literature on this topic. Steroids are …
Pressure-Dependent Tuning of Photoluminescence and Size Distribution of Carbon Nanodots for Theranostic Anticancer Applications
2020
Carbon nanodots (CDs) have recently attracted attention in the field of nanomedicine because of the biocompatibility, cost-effective nature, high specific surface, good near infrared (NIR) photothermal conversion into heat and tunable fluorescence properties, which have paved the way toward incorporating use of CDs into innovative anticancer theranostic platforms. However, a reliable synthesis of CDs with established and controlled physiochemical proprieties is precluded owing to the lack of full manipulation of thermodynamic parameters during the synthesis, thus limiting their use in real world medical applications. Herein, we developed a robust solvothermal protocol which allow fine contr…