SlicerPIT: software development and implementation for planning and image-guided therapy in photoimmunotherapy

• Published in: International journal of clinical oncology Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 735 - 743
• Main Authors: Suzuki, Takayoshi, Kano, Satoshi, Suzuki, Masanobu, Hamada, Seijiro, Idogawa, Hiroshi, Tsushima, Nayuta, Ashikaga, Yuichi, Wakabayashi, Yuki, Soyama, Takeshi, Hida, Yasuhiro, Homma, Akihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.06.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cancer Research; Catheters; Cell death; Head & neck cancer; Head and Neck Neoplasms - radiotherapy; Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy; Humans; Illumination; Immunotherapy - methods; Infrared Rays - therapeutic use; Lesions; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Original Article; Patients; Phototherapy - methods; Planning; Software; Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods; Surgical Oncology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tumor cells; Tumors; Photoimmunotherapy; Treatment planning software; Navigation system; Head and neck cancer

Background Photoimmunotherapy is a treatment modality that induces targeted cell death by binding a molecular-targeted drug activated by infrared light to the tumor cells and subsequently illuminating the lesion with infrared light. For deep lesions, a needle catheter is used to puncture the tumor,...