AGENT FOR GENERATING HEAT OR SINGLET OXYGEN AND COMPOSITION FOR CANCER TREATMENT EACH COMPRISING ORGANIC PEROXIDE OR CHEMILUMINESCENT COMPOUND

摘要

An agent for heat generation or singlet oxygen generation which, unlike anticancer agents of the alkylating agent type such as MMC, destroys cancer cells by the action of heat and/or singlet oxygen and is effective as a new cancer remedy alleviating the burden to be imposed on the patient. The heat and/or singlet oxygen generator or cancer remedy comprises an organic peroxide, e.g., a peroxide of an imidazole derivative, or a chemiluminescnet compound, e.g., a dioxcetane compound.