Photodynamic Therapy with Indocyanine Green Injection and Near-Infrared Light Irradiation Has Phototoxic Effects and Delays Paralysis in Spinal Metastasis
Author(s) -
Toru Funayama,
Masataka Sakane,
Tetsuya Abe,
Naoyuki Ochiai
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
photomedicine and laser surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.431
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1557-8550
pISSN - 1549-5418
DOI - 10.1089/pho.2011.3080
Subject(s) - indocyanine green , medicine , photodynamic therapy , phototoxicity , metastasis , paralysis , hindlimb , radiation therapy , pathology , surgery , cancer , anatomy , chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , in vitro
The purpose of this study was to investigate the phototoxic effects of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with indocyanine green (ICG) and near-infrared light irradiation on rat mammary adenocarcinoma cells, and its therapeutic efficacy in a rat model of spinal metastasis.
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