Present and future perspectives of photodynamic therapy for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common skin cancer. Surgery remains the main stay of treatment, but some patients are not eligible for surgery and, more importantly, lesions at critical sites need nonsurgical approaches for tissue preservation. In this context, photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been extensively studied as noninvasive or minimally invasive treatment, and studies have shown promising results in terms of...