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Comparing and combining light dose fractionation and iron chelation to enhance experimental photodynamic therapy with aminolevulinic acid.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Enhancement of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) has been demonstrated experimentally using light dose fractionation or CP94 iron chelation. This study extends this research. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS: In normal rat colon, CP94 administration and light dose fractionation were independently and concurrently employed to enhance ALA-PDT. In colonic rat tumors, the most successful enhancement regimes were employed separately. RESULTS: Independent use of light dose fractionation and iron chelation produced similar results in normal colon (2.4- and 2.9-fold more necrosis than controls, respectively). Using both techniques simultaneously produced fivefold enhancement. In the colonic tumors, light dose fractionation and iron chelation (using different parameters) produced two and five times the volume of necrosis, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Both techniques significantly enhanced ALA-PDT in the normal and neoplastic tissues investigated and produced similar levels of enhancement when comparable parameters were employed. Concurrent use of light dose fractionation and iron chelation in normal colon produced considerably more enhancement than either technique could achieve independently. Lasers Surg. Med. 38:325-331, 2006. (c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.[1]

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