NGPDT Global unveiled and highlighted the benefits of their Next Generation PDT, a safe and minimally invasive therapeutic modality to treat early and advanced cancer to the medical community in Hyderabad.

The founder of NGPDT Dr. Scott Waters, who was in India, announced that the treatment currently available in China will be soon available in India.

Presenting the details of the treatment approach to a gathering of practicing medical professionals, Dr. Waters said Next Generation PDT is a form of photodynamic therapy (PDT) researched and developed by team of scientists and physicians. The treatment uses light to destroy cancer tissue.

It has developed a novel and uniquely effective photosensitizer for use in PDT for the treatment of cancer utilizing its innovative and proprietary ‘Whole Body Light Delivery System’ and ‘Near Infrared Lasers’.

Referring to most of the commonly used cancer therapies in particular chemotherapy and radiotherapy, he said these are immunosuppressive and highly toxic to the bone marrow, which is the source to all cells of the immune system. Neutropaenia and other forms of myelosuppression are often the dose-limiting toxicity of these therapies.

The company said that the treatment is more effective whole body systemic treatment as well as treatment of deeply seated tumours' of lung, liver, brain, peritoneal. NGPDT is a uniquely safe and effective 'Next Generation PDT' photosensitizer agent activated by an advanced specifically designed full-body LED light bed and laser light systems.

Explaining the treatment approach, the experts said Next Generation PDT patients are given an oral photosensitizing agent. This agent collects selectively in cancer tissue and, when exposed to light, becomes activated, releasing a highly energized, free radical form of oxygen known as singlet oxygen. Experts that offer this program in China said Singlet oxygen destroys cancer cells from the inside out, while leaving normal tissues largely unaffected.

Traditionally, PDT has been confined to treatment of superficial lesions or localized problems that can be either directly visualised or reached with endoscopic devices that are inserted into body orifices. Next Generation PDT on the other hand is aimed at treating whole regions of the body, and even more often, the body as a whole.