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However, a prerequisite for effective cancer treatments is efficient and selective targeting of the tumoral cells with minimal collateral damage to the surrounding normal cells, as it is well know that cancer therapies have bystander effects on normal cells in the body, often causing undesirable side effects. PDT can induce a bystander effect, defined as indirect damaged induced into adjacent cells either via intercellular gap junctions or via diffusible ROS released in the microenvironment. It is therefore important to know the effects of HYP-PDT on the normal cell population surrounding the non-melanoma skin cancer or melanoma tumor. 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However, a prerequisite for effective cancer treatments is efficient and selective targeting of the tumoral cells with minimal collateral damage to the surrounding normal cells, as it is well know that cancer therapies have bystander effects on normal cells in the body, often causing undesirable side effects. PDT can induce a bystander effect, defined as indirect damaged induced into adjacent cells either via intercellular gap junctions or via diffusible ROS released in the microenvironment. It is therefore important to know the effects of HYP-PDT on the normal cell population surrounding the non-melanoma skin cancer or melanoma tumor. 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