On the double role of Photofrin as a photo- and a radio-sensitising agent: A possible new combination therapy for tumours

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 438-439

  Schaffer, Moshe ^a   Schaffer, Pamela M ^a   Hofstetter, Alfons ^a   Dühmke, Eckhart ^b   Jori, Giulio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; NITROIMIDAZOLE; PHOTOFRIN II; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; BLADDER TUMOR; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

DIHEMATOPORPHYRIN ETHER; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042911931     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b202849b     Document Type: Article

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