• Benefits to healthcare providers
    • Allows more flexible options in the way medical professionals can treat skin cancers
    • The potential to free up hospital beds and cubicles
    • Reduces overheads
  • Benefits to patients
    • PDT offers reduced scarring
    • More convenient than conventional PDT
    • More comfortable treatment
  • Benefits to medical professionals
    • Simple and easy to use
    • Can increase patient throughput
    • Avoids expensive PDT facility set-up costs

How is the therapy given?

A special type of cream is applied to the area that needs treatment.  This is left in place for 3 to 6 hours.  The cream (5-aminolevolinulic acid (5-ALA) or methyl-aminolevolinulic acid (methyl-ALA) is taken up by the abnormal skin cells and converted into a light sensitive chemical.  A red light source is then used to provide the light component needed to activate the chemical which then results in clearing the abnormal cells.