hematoporphyrin derivative

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Oncology An agent used in photodynamic therapy that is absorbed by tumor cells which is activated when exposed to light, killing tumor cells. See Photodynamic therapy.

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ablation therapy adjuvant therapy antiplatelet therapy chelation therapy Dance Therapy electroconvulsive therapy enzyme therapy Light Therapy photochemotherapy photodynamic therapy Poetry Therapy			Hydrogen peroxide, superoxide, and hydroxyl radicals are involved in the phototoxic action of hematoporphyrin derivative against tumor cells. On the mechanism of reactive oxygen species generation in tumour ... by Chekulayeva, Lyudmila; Shevchuk, Igor; Chekulayev, Vladimir; Oginskaya, Elena / Estonian Academy of Sciences: Chemistry This dye, known initially as hematoporphyrin derivative (Hpd) and in purified form as Photofrin II, has been used to treat about 5,000 patients worldwide for many kinds of solid tumors, including those of the skin, lung, bladder, eye, head, neck and esophagus. Shedding light on cancer: doctors fight malignancies with photoactive ... by Wickelgren, Ingrid / Science News			hematomyelia hematomyelitis hematomyelopore hematonephrosis hematopathology hematopedesis hematopericardium hematoperitoneum hematophagia hematophagous hematophilia hematoplastic hematopoiesis hematopoietic Hematopoietic cells hematopoietic gland hematopoietic growth factor hematopoietic malignancies hematopoietic necrosis hematopoietic stem cell hematopoietic stem cell transplantation hematopoietic syndrome hematopoietic system hematoporphyria hematoporphyrin hematoporphyrin derivative hematoporphyrinemia hematoporphyrinuria hematopsia hematorrhachis hematorrhachis externa hematorrhachis interna hematorrhea hematosalpinx hematoscheocele hematosis hematospermatocele hematospermia hematostatic hematostaxis hematosteon hematothorax hematotoxic hematotoxin hematotrachelos hematotropic hematotympanum hematoxylin hematoxylin body hematoxylin-eosin hematoxylin-eosin stain			Hematopoietic Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells Hematopoietic Progenitor Growth Medium Hematopoietic Progenitor Kinase 1 Hematopoietic Prostaglandin D2 Synthase Hematopoietic stem cell Hematopoietic stem cell Hematopoietic Stem Cell Fraction Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy Hematopoietic Stem Cell Rescue Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Hematopoietic stem cells hematopoietic syndrome hematopoietic system hematopoietic system hematopoietic system hematopoietic system hematopoietic tissue Hematopoietic-Specific Protein 1 Hematopoietic/Hemotoxicity Assays Via Luminescence Output Hematopoietics hematopoietin hematoporphyria hematoporphyrin hematoporphyrin hematoporphyrin derivative hematoporphyrinemia hematoporphyrinuria hematopsia hematorrhachis hematorrhachis hematorrhachis externa hematorrhachis interna hematorrhea hematosalpinx hematosalpinx hematoscheocele Hematosin Hematosis Hematosis hematospermatocele hematospermia hematostatic hematostaxis hematosteon Hematotherma Hematothermal hematothorax hematotoxic Hematotoxicity hematotoxin Hematotoxins hematotrachelos

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