A photobleaching-based PDT dose metric predicts PDT efficacy over certain BPD
concentration ranges in a three-dimensional model of ovarian cancer

S. Anbil; I. Rizvi; J. P. Celli; N. Alagic; T. Hasan

doi:10.1117/12.2010840

13 March 2013 A photobleaching-based PDT dose metric predicts PDT efficacy over certain BPD concentration ranges in a three-dimensional model of ovarian cancer

S. Anbil, I. Rizvi, J. P. Celli, N. Alagic, T. Hasan

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Proceedings Volume 8568, Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXII; 85680S (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2010840
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2013, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) dosimetry is an active area of study that is motivated by the need to reliably predict treatment outcomes. Implicit dosimetric parameters, such as photosensitizer (PS) photobleaching, may indicate PDT efficacy and could establish a framework to provide patient-customized PDT. Here, tumor destruction and benzoporphryin-derivative (BPD) photobleaching are characterized by systematically varying BPD-light combinations to achieve fixed PDT doses (M * J * cm^-2) in a three-dimensional (3D) model of micrometastatic ovarian cancer (OvCa). It is observed that the BPD-light parameters used to construct a given PDT dose significantly impact nodule viability and BPD photobleaching. As a result, PDT dose, when measured by the product of BPD concentration and fluence, does not reliably predict overall efficacy. A PDT dose metric that incorporates a term for BPD photobleaching more robustly predicts PDT efficacy at low concentrations of BPD. These results suggest that PDT dose metrics that are informed by implicit approaches to dosimetry could improve the reliability of PDT-based regimens and provide opportunities for patient-specific treatment planning.

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S. Anbil, I. Rizvi, J. P. Celli, N. Alagic, and T. Hasan "A photobleaching-based PDT dose metric predicts PDT efficacy over certain BPD concentration ranges in a three-dimensional model of ovarian cancer", Proc. SPIE 8568, Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXII, 85680S (13 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2010840

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