Photodynamic therapy using 5-aminolaevulinic acid for experimental pancreatic cancer--prolonged animal survival.

Experimental studies have been carried out using 5-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) to induce transient porphyrin photosensitisation for photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a pancreatic cancer model in Syrian golden hamsters. ALA was given either intravenously or orally (in bolus or fractionated doses) with the...

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Main Authors: Regula, J., Ravi, B., Bedwell, J., MacRobert, A. J., Bown, S. G.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1994
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2033503/