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Benzoporphyrin derivative monoacid ring A (verteporfin, BPD-MA) when intravenously injected (5.5 μmol kg–1) to C57/BL6 mice bearing a subcutaneously transplanted B1 melanoma gave a maximal accumulation in the tumour within 1–3 h with recoveries of 1.84– 1.96 μmol kg–1. Irradiation of BPD-MA-loaded melanoma with 690-nm light from a dye laser at 3 h and 9 h post injection induced tumour necrosis and delay of tumour growth of 28 and 14 days respectively. The response of the tumour to BPD-MA photosensitization was enhanced by pretreatment with 1064-nm light from a pulse-operated Nd:YAG laser, which caused a selective breakdown of melanosomes.
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Busetti, A., Soncin, M., Jori, G. et al. High efficiency of benzoporphyrin derivative in the photodynamic therapy of pigmented malignant melanoma. Br J Cancer 79, 821–824 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6690131
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