Photodynamic Therapy of Diseases of the Head and Neck

Dr. Merrill Biel is also an associate clinical professor in the departments of surgery, otolaryngology, and family practice and a clinical professor in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Biel has been involved in the preclinical and clinical applications of photodynamic therapy in head and neck cancer since 1987. He has been the principal investigator on an international multi-institutional trial of photodynamic therapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer and has treated over 400 patients with head and neck cancer using PDT, the largest single series of PDT treatment for head and neck cancer in the world. He is considered one of the world's leading experts in the clinical use of photodynamic therapy for cancer treatment and is actively involved in the preclinical and clinical evaluation of new photosensitizers for the treatment of head and neck cancers. Dr. Biel has published over 25 manuscripts and 4 book chapters on pre-clinical and clinical applications of photodynamic therapy using various photosensitizers and laser systems. He has been a course director and guest faculty at numerous PDT training programs for physicians.

The Roswell Park History of PDT: 1972 to the Present: A Personal Perspective Thomas J. Dougherty Principles of Photodynamic Therapy-Induced Killing of Tumor Cells Nancy L. Oleinick and David Kessel PDT Laser Physics and Safety Tom Mang Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) in Oral Cancer Barry L. Wenig and David Goldenberg Photodynamic Therapy of Early Laryngeal Cancer Merrill A. Biel Interstitial PDT Cancer Treatment Christian S. Betz and Colin Hopper Intraoperative Adjuvant PDT of Head and Neck Cancer Merrill A. Biel Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) in Nasopharyngeal Cancer I. B. Tan, H. J. Nyst, H. J. C. M. Sterenborg, R. L. P. van Veen, P. C. Levendag, D. J. Robinson, and F. A. Stewart Photodynamic Therapy for Esophageal Diseases Wetske M. Wystra and Kenneth K. Wang The Use of Photodynamic Therapy in the Management of Lung Cancer Eric S. Edell Photodynamic Therapy in Skin Cancer of the Head and Neck Alexander Kubler and Nicolas Hunzelmann Nursing Care of the Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) Head and Neck Patient Carla Kane Photodynamic Therapy of Recurrent Respitory Papillomatosis Mark J. Shikowitz, Bettie M. Steinberg, and Virginia Mullooly PDT of Bacterial and Fungal Biofilms Merrill Biel Glossary of Terms Appendices 1. PDT Laser Treatment Record 2. Formulae for Light Dose