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SUBMITTER: Hartmans E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5444708 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hartmans Elmire E Linssen Matthijs D MD Sikkens Claire C Levens Afra A Witjes Max J H MJH van Dam Gooitzen M GM Nagengast Wouter B WB
Oncotarget 20170501 18
Esophageal carcinoma (EC) is a global health problem, with disappointing 5-year survival rates of only 15-25%. Near-infrared targeted photodynamic therapy (NIR-tPDT) is a novel strategy in which cancer-targeted phototoxicity is able to selectively treat malignant cells. In this in vitro report we demonstrate the applicability of antibody-based NIR-tPDT in esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), using the phototoxic compounds cetuximab-IRDye700DX and trastuzumab-IRDye700DX, targeting respectively epider ...[more]