Study of Photodynamic Therapy in Patients With Prostate Cancer Following Radiation Therapy

Summary

To assess by MR Imaging the lesions induced by WST09-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) in patients with recurrent or persistent localized prostate cancer following definitive radiotherapy using different light doses and multiple illuminating fibres.

Timeline

Start

2004-04

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-11

Publications

• Haider MA, Davidson SR, Kale AV, Weersink RA, Evans AJ, Toi A, Gertner MR, Bogaards A, Wilson BC, Chin JL, Elhilali M, Trachtenberg J. Prostate gland: MR imaging appearance after vascular targeted photodynamic therapy with palladium-bacteriopheophorbide. Radiology. 2007 Jul;244(1):196-204. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2441060398. Epub 2007 May 16.

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