Treatment of neoplastic tissue by water-soluble texaphyrine metal complexes
Date
1998-03-31
Authors
Jonathan L. Sessler
Gregory W. Hemmi
Tarak D. Mody
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Publisher
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of water-soluble texaphyrin-diamagnetic metal complexes retaining lipophilicity as photosensitizers in the treatment of benign and malignant neoplastic tissue.