Porfimer sodium
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title:
Porfimer sodium
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Porfimer sodium, sold as Photofrin, is a photosensitizer used in photodynamic therapy and radiation therapy and for palliative treatment of obstructing endobronchial non-small cell lung carcinoma and obstructing esophageal cancer. Porfimer is a mixture of oligomers formed by ether and ester linkages of up to eight porphyrin units. In practice, a red light source emitting at 630 nm is used to excite the Porfimer oligomers. Porfimer is Haematoporphyrin Derivative (HpD).
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Pharmaceutical drug
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfimer_sodium
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2023-01-21T01:21:46Z
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