title: Photosensitization with derivatives of haematoporphyrin.
abstract: This review describes recent progress in delineation of the structure of the active component(s) in the tumour-localizing photosensitizer HPD (haematoporphyrin derivative), along with suggestions concerning the likely determinants of accumulation of this product by different tissues.
mesh_terms: D017324:Hematoporphyrin Derivative; D006414:Hematoporphyrin Photoradiation; D006415:Hematoporphyrins; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010778:Photochemotherapy
chemical_list: D006415:Hematoporphyrins; D017324:Hematoporphyrin Derivative