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LED therapy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004766

Treatment with drugs that become active and may kill cancer cells when exposed to light. LED therapy is a type of photodynamic therapy, which uses a special type of light to activate the drug. Also called light-emitting diode therapy.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004766
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymslight-emitting diode therapy
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004766",
  "term": "LED therapy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Treatment with drugs that become active and may kill cancer cells when exposed to light. LED therapy is a type of photodynamic therapy, which uses a special type of light to activate the drug. Also called light-emitting diode therapy.",
  "synonyms": [
    "light-emitting diode therapy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/led-therapy/"
}

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