hematoporphyrin derivative

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• hematoporphyrin derivative — a material prepared by an acetic acid–sulfuric acid treatment of hematoporphyrin that concentrates selectively in metabolically active tumor tissue; used in photodynamic therapy …   Medical dictionary

• hematoporphyrin derivative — A drug used in photodynamic therapy that is absorbed by tumor cells. When exposed to light, it becomes active and kills the cancer cells …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Dieter Jocham — (* 1949 in Augsburg) ist ein deutscher Urologe. Er lebt und arbeitet in Lübeck und leitet seit 1990 an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität zu Lübeck die Klinik für Urologie. Jocham war Ende der 1970er Jahre maßgeblich an der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• List of oncology-related terms — This is a list of terms related to oncology. The original source for this list was the U.S. National Cancer Institute s public domain Dictionary of Cancer Terms . NOTOC 1 * 10 propargyl 10 deazaaminopterin * 12 O tetradecanoylphorbol 13 acetate * …   Wikipedia

• Photodynamic therapy — Treatment that destroys cancer cells with lasers and drugs that become active when exposed to light. * * * (PDT, photoradiation therapy, phototherapy, photochemotherapy) a treatment for some types of superficial cancers. A photosensitizing agent… …   Medical dictionary

• porfimer sodium — por·fi·mer sodium pȯr fə mər n a photosensitizing mixture of porphyrin oligomers that is administered by intravenous injection to induce photosensitivity in tumor cells (as of esophageal carcinoma) before subjecting them to laser light in… …   Medical dictionary