Brighter prospects for treating a rare lung cancer

Another example why cancer is history! Cancer will be defeated one step at a time! Probably in about 20-30 years from now people will only faintly remember cancer.

"Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) is a recently developed cancer therapy that combines the specificity of antibodies for targeting tumors with toxicity induced by the photoabsorber after exposure to NIR-light."

Brighter prospects for treating a rare lung cancer – Physics World A rare type of cancer affecting the lining of the lung, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) has always been very difficult to treat. That may be about to change, though. Kazuhide Sato and his colleagues at Nagoya University have found a potential new treatment that combines light and a targeted antibody, according to their latest research published in Cells.

Here is the link to the underlying research article (open access):
Targeted Phototherapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy Targeting Podoplanin