title: Photoradiation therapy of gynecologic malignancies.
abstract: Four patients with gynecologic tumors recurrent either to the vagina or skin were treated with photoradiation therapy. A cytotoxic effect on the tumor was achieved by injecting hematoporphyrin derivative intravenously followed by exposing the treatment area to light of 630 nm from an argon-ion pumped-dye laser 72 hr later. Of seven tumor sites which were treated, one was completely destroyed, two were diminished in volume by more than 30%, and no response was seen in four. Toxicity was limited to one episode of facial edema and first-degree burn after prolonged exposure to bright artificial light. Phototherapy might be a useful treatment of some gynecologic tumors which recur after standard attempts at control of disease.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic / Q000528:radiation effects; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017324:Hematoporphyrin Derivative; D006415:Hematoporphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D006415:Hematoporphyrins; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D017324:Hematoporphyrin Derivative