AUG 16, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Photodynamic antimicrobial and antineoplastic therapy in veterinary medicine: current status, challenges, and perspectives.
The Veterinary Quarterly
This is a narrative review synthesizing current knowledge of photodynamic therapy applications in veterinary medicine, offering evidence-based guidance on mechanisms, clinical uses, and future directions, though the authors explicitly note that existing clinical evidence is limited by very small sample sizes and absence of comparator groups.
Reported
Tumour incidence in animalsapproximately 25–50%
Bacterial infection incidence in…approximately 20–50%
Literature search period1990 to 2026