Photosensitizing effects of m-tetrahydroxyphenylchlorin on human tumor xenografts: Correlation with sensitizer uptake, tumor doubling time and tumor histology

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 872-874

  Ris, Hans Beat ^a   Li, Quang ^a   Krueger, Thorsten ^a   Lim, Chang Kee ^b   Reynolds, Brenda ^c   Althaus, Ulrich ^a   Altermatt, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MRC TOXICOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c Scotia Pharmaceuticals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TETRA(HYDROXYPHENYL)CHLORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESOTHELIOMA; MOUSE; NECK CANCER; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; XENOGRAFT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESOPORPHYRINS; MESOTHELIOMA; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0032503592     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980610)76:6<872::AID-IJC17>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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