PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPEUTIC METHOD USING 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID AND PRECURSORS THEREOF

摘要

Medicaments for detecting and treating malignant and non-malignant tissue abnormalities and lesions of the skin; conjunctiva; respiratory, digestive and vaginal mucosa; endometrium and urothelium; and for ablating the endometrial tissue and treating body fluids containing suspended abnormal cells, and for treating cancers of the nervous system are prepared from 5-aminolevulinic acid or precursor thereof and subsequently administered to the patient in an amount sufficient to induce syntheses fluorescence and/or photosensitizing concentrations or protoporphyrin IX in the abnormal cells, followed by exposure of the abnormal cells to light of photoactivating wavelengths.