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5-Aminolevulinic acid enhances cancer radiotherapy in a mouse tumor model
5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is a photosensitizer used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) because it causes preferential accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) in tumor cells, where it forms singlet oxygen upon light irradiation and kills the tumor cells. Our previous study demonstrated that PpIX enhanc...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3853190/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24324921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-602 |