Photodynamic therapy studies on brain tumors using nitrogen pulsed lasers

Mihail-Lucian Pascu; Alina Popescu; Leon Danaila; N. Carp; Rodica-Mariana Ion; Mihaela Oana Pascu; Angela Staicu

doi:10.1117/12.389474

28 June 2000 Photodynamic therapy studies on brain tumors using nitrogen pulsed lasers

Mihail-Lucian Pascu, Alina Popescu, Leon Danaila, N. Carp, Rodica-Mariana Ion, Mihaela Oana Pascu, Angela Staicu

Proceedings Volume 4166, Laser Florence '99: A Window on the Laser Medicine World; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389474
Event: Laser Florence '99, 1999, Florence, Italy

Abstract

The spectroscopic characterization of synthetic porphyrins such as TPP, TSPP, ZnTSPP, etc. is reported, namely: absorption and laser induced fluorescence spectra in different solvents. Results about the photo toxicity of such photosensitizers in 5 percent DMSO in ns NaCl 0.9 percent on rats are shown proving the good acceptance of the solutions by the rats organisms with immediate perspectives for application on human patients. The second main line of experiments was devoted to the measurements of the irreversible modifications induced in the cell structure of the brain malignant tumors - impregnated with photosensitizers solutions - by the nitrogen pulsed laser radiation. 'In vitro' samples of brain tumor tissue were prelevated and impregnated with photosensitizer solutions during 1 hour to 48 hours. The samples were treated and kept so that before and after exposures to the laser beams the modifications due to other factors than the laser irradiation be avoided or minimized. The exposures to laser radiation were made along time intervals form 3 minutes to more than 1 hour. Irreversible modifications at cellular level following the interaction of impregnated cells with laser radiation were evidenced by optical microscopy. Concluding remarks are made about further 'in vivo' application on human patients.

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Mihail-Lucian Pascu, Alina Popescu, Leon Danaila, N. Carp, Rodica-Mariana Ion, Mihaela Oana Pascu, and Angela Staicu "Photodynamic therapy studies on brain tumors using nitrogen pulsed lasers", Proc. SPIE 4166, Laser Florence '99: A Window on the Laser Medicine World, (28 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389474

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