| Literature DB >> 23510551 |
Brandon Nokes1, Matt Apel, Carol Jones, Gabrielle Brown, Julie E Lang.
Abstract
Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) is a heme precursor that may have potential applications for photodynamic detection and photodynamic therapy-based treatment of solid tumors in a variety of malignancies. ALA may have a role in other applications in surgical oncology based on its ability to discriminate neoplastic tissue from adjacent normal tissue. In this review, we provide a comprehensive summary of the published studies of ALA in noncutaneous solid malignancies.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23510551 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2013.02.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Surg Res ISSN: 0022-4804 Impact factor: 2.192