Abstract

LONGO, João Paulo Figueiró; LOZZI, Silene Paulino  and  AZEVEDO, CRicardo Bentes. Oral cancer and photodynamic therapy as a treatment. RGO, Rev. gaúch. odontol. (Online) [online]. 2011, vol.59, suppl.1, pp. 51-57. ISSN 1981-8637.

Oral cancer is one of the most prevalent types of cancer. Actually, surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or a combination of these three methods are common treatments for oral cancer. Although these protocols have demonstrated some effectiveness in oral cancer therapy, they can promote a series of side effects for patients during treatment. Alternatively for these traditional treatments, photodynamic therapy has been used clinically for oral cancer and precancerous lesions treatment. This paper presents the photodynamic therapy as an option treatment for oral cancer.

Keywords : Photochemotherapy.; Mouth neoplasms.; Therapeutics..