• A procedure in which blood is removed from the body and treated with ultraviolet light and drugs that become active when exposed to light. The blood is then returned to the body. It is being studied in the treatment of some blood and bone marrow diseases and graft-vs-host disease (GVHD).
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• A process in which peripheral blood is exposed in an extracorporeal flow system to photoactivated 8-methoxypsoralen (METHOXSALEN) and ultraviolet light - a procedure known as PUVA THERAPY. Photopheresis is at present a standard therapy for advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; it shows promise in the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• (extracorporeal photopheresis) A procedure which combines apheresis and photodynamic therapy, resulting in blood being treated with a photosensitizing agent and subsequently irradiated with specified wavelengths of light to achieve an effect.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) is a leukapheresis-based therapeutic procedure that has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of advanced cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) since 1988. ECP, also known as extracorporeal photochemotherapy and extracorporeal photoimmunotherapy, is performed at over...
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2019