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Successful development of photoradiation therapy into an efficient clinical modality requires knowledge of the drug distribution 13 and photosensitization of the neoplastic tissue as well as information of the optical and thermal distribution 1,2.
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Svaasand, L.O. (1984). Thermal and Optical Dosimetry for Photoradiation Therapy of Malignant Tumors. In: Andreoni, A., Cubeddu, R. (eds) Porphyrins in Tumor Phototherapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4721-7_30
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