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Porfimer Sodium

Known as: Porfimer sodico, Porfimère sodique, Porfimerum natricum 
The sodium salt of a mixture of oligomers formed by ether and ester linkages of up to eight porphyrin units with photodynamic activity. Absorbed… 
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Broader (2)

Dihematoporphyrin EtherHematoporphyrin Derivative
NCIt Antineoplastic Agent TerminologyPorfimer Sodium 75 MG Injection [Photofrin]omeprazole/porfimer sodium

Narrower (2)

PhotofrinPhotofrin II

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Review
2019
Review
2019
Photodynamic therapy in cancer treatment - an update review
Cancer remains a worldwide health problem, being the disease with the highest impact on global health. Even with all the recent… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Photodynamic therapy: update 2006 Part 1: Photochemistry and photobiology
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a two‐step therapeutic technique in which the topical or systemic delivery of photosensitizing… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for lung cancers.
Review
2006
Review
2006
Endobronchial photodynamic therapy for lung cancer
Endobronchial photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive technique for the palliation of major airway obstruction from… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Photodynamic therapy with porfimer sodium for ablation of high-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus: international, partially blinded, randomized phase III trial.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
EUS-guided photodynamic therapy of the pancreas: a pilot study.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Phase II study of photodynamic therapy and metal stent as palliative treatment for nonresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Population pharmacokinetics of the photodynamic therapy agent 2-[1-hexyloxyethyl]-2-devinyl pyropheophorbide-a in cancer patients.
Photodynamic therapy is an effective and often curative treatment for certain solid tumors. The porphyrin-based photosensitizer… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
PHOTOFRIN‐mediated photodynamic therapy for treatment of early stage oral cavity and laryngeal malignancies *
  • V. Schweitzer
  • Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
  • 2001
  • Corpus ID: 20125444
To determine the efficacy of PHOTOFRIN‐mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treatment of diffuse “field cancerization” of the… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Structure and Biodistribution Relationships of Photodynamic Sensitizers *
Abstract— Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has, during the last quarter century, developed into a fully fledged biomedical field with… 
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