Porfimer sodium — drugbox IUPAC name = | width=450 CAS number = 97067 70 4 CAS supplemental = CAS|87806 31 3 (porfimer sodium) ATC prefix = L01 ATC suffix = XD01 ATC supplemental = PubChem = 57166 DrugBank = APRD00078 C=68 | H=74 | N=8 | O=11 (for n=0) molecular… … Wikipedia
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 — 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
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