A NOVEL PHOTOTHERAPEUTIC METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER AND/OR DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES AND CONDITIONS

摘要

The present invention concerns a novel method of treating a cancer, dermatological disease or condition, or combination thereof by administering a physiologically acceptable dye having an absorption maximum of from 770 nm to 840 nm and irradiating with light i the same wavelength range. In preferred embodiments, the dye is indocyanine green, the light source is a diode laser, and the light dose is phototherapeutically effective, as opposed to photothermally effective.