porfimer sodium — A drug used to treat some types of cancer. When absorbed by cancer cells and exposed to light, porfimer sodium becomes active and kills the cancer cells. It is a type of photodynamic therapy agent. Also called Photofrin … English dictionary of cancer terms
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
porfimer sodium — noun A photosensitizer used in photodynamic therapy and radiation therapy and for palliative treatment of certain lung carcinomata and obstructing esophageal cancer … Wiktionary
Photofrin — Pho·to·frin fōt ə frin trademark used for a preparation of porfimer sodium * * * Pho·to·frin (foґto frin) trademark for a preparation of porfimer sodium … Medical dictionary
Photofrin — (porfimer sodium) is a medication used as a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy for palliative treatment of obstructing endobronchial non small cell lung cancer and palliative treatment of obstructing oesophageal cancer. (FDA approval Dec… … 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
Methotrexate — Amethopterin redirects here. Not to be confused with aminopterin. Methotrexate Systematic ( … Wikipedia
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