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Monitoring of Hematoporphyrin Injected in Humans and Clinical Prospects of its Use in Gynecologic Oncology

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Porphyrins in Tumor Phototherapy

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The use of hematoporphyrin (HP) and its water soluble derivatives (HPD) as tumor localizers1 and sensitizers for phototherapy of neoplasias 2 is well documented and receiving rapidly increasing interest.

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  1. Istituto di Clinica Ostetrica e Ginecologica and Istituto di Biochimica, Biofisica e Genetica, University of Pisa, 56100, Pisa, Italy

    Piero Fioretti, Virgilio Facchini, Angiolo Gadducci & Ivo Cozzani

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  1. The Polytechnic Institute of Milan, National Research Council, Milan, Italy

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Fioretti, P., Facchini, V., Gadducci, A., Cozzani, I. (1984). Monitoring of Hematoporphyrin Injected in Humans and Clinical Prospects of its Use in Gynecologic Oncology. In: Andreoni, A., Cubeddu, R. (eds) Porphyrins in Tumor Phototherapy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4721-7_38

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