Photosensitizer
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| Photosensitizer | |
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| Term | Photosensitizer |
| Short definition | photosensitizer - (pronounced) (FOH-toh-SEN-sih-ty-zing AY-jent) drug used in photodynamic therapy. When absorbed by cancer cells and exposed to light, the drug becomes active and kills the cancer cells. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
photosensitizer - (pronounced) (FOH-toh-SEN-sih-ty-zing AY-jent) drug used in photodynamic therapy. When absorbed by cancer cells and exposed to light, the drug becomes active and kills the cancer cells. Also called a photosensitizer
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