Porfimer sodium
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Term | Porfimer sodium |
Short definition | porfimer sodium - (pronounced) (POR-fih-mer SOH-dee-um) A drug used to treat some types of cancer. When porfimer sodium is absorbed by cancer cells and exposed to light, it becomes active and kills the cancer cells. |
Type | Cancer terms |
Specialty | Oncology |
Language | English |
Source | NCI |
Comments |
porfimer sodium - (pronounced) (POR-fih-mer SOH-dee-um) A drug used to treat some types of cancer. When porfimer sodium is absorbed by cancer cells and exposed to light, it becomes active and kills the cancer cells. It's a type of photodynamic therapy agent. Also called Photofrin
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