Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy to treat chemotherapy-induced oral lesions: Report of three cases

Highlights • aPDT can be used safely in infected oral lesions of cancer patients. • aPDT can treat Angular Cheilitis and Herpes Simplex Virus. • We observed an improvement of oral lesions induced by chemotherapy, after aPDT.

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Published in:	Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy Vol. 13; pp. 350 - 352
Main Authors:	Rocha, Breno Amaral, DDS, Melo Filho, Mário Rodrigues, MSc, Simões, Alyne, PhD
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-03-2016
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Angular Cheilitis Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects Cancer patients Cheilitis - chemically induced Cheilitis - drug therapy Chemotherapy Female Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Herpes Simplex - chemically induced Herpes Simplex - drug therapy Herpes Simplex - pathology Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Humans Internal Medicine Male Middle Aged Mouth Diseases - chemically induced Mouth Diseases - drug therapy Mouth Diseases - pathology Oral lesions Photochemotherapy - methods Photosensitizing Agents - administration & dosage Treatment Outcome Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Oral lesions Cancer patients Chemotherapy Angular Cheilitis Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1
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Summary:	Highlights • aPDT can be used safely in infected oral lesions of cancer patients. • aPDT can treat Angular Cheilitis and Herpes Simplex Virus. • We observed an improvement of oral lesions induced by chemotherapy, after aPDT.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3
ISSN:	1572-1000 1873-1597
DOI:	10.1016/j.pdpdt.2015.07.172