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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… Expand
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7 relations

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… Expand
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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… Expand
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Buried Dysplasia and Early Adenocarcinoma Arising in Barrett Esophagus After Porfimer-photodynamic Therapy
The restoration of squamous epithelium after photodynamic therapy (PDT) for Barrett esophagus (BE) and its related neoplasms has… Expand
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Long‐Term survival of patients treated with photodynamic therapy for carcinoma in situ and early non‐small‐cell lung carcinoma
The role of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the treatment of small cancers has been established in several clinical studies. Here… Expand
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… Expand
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.
BACKGROUND Barrett's esophagus (BE) may lead to high-grade dysplasia (HGD) and adenocarcinoma. The objective was to examine the… Expand
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… Expand
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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… Expand
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… Expand
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Photodynamic therapy with porfimer sodium versus thermal ablation therapy with Nd:YAG laser for palliation of esophageal cancer: a multicenter randomized trial.
BACKGROUND Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a different type of laser treatment from Nd:YAG thermal ablation for palliation of… Expand
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