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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
H. Craig Dees, Knoxville, TN (US);
Timothy Scott, Knoxville, TN (US);
John T. Smolik, Loudon, TN (US);
Eric A. Wachter, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
Photogen, Inc., Knoxville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61K 3/800 ; A61M 3/614 ; G01N 3/3567 ; C07K 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 5/100 ; A61K 3/800 ; A61M 3/614 ; G01N 3/3567 ; C07K 1/600 ;
Abstract
Methods of treating and imaging diseased tissue having the steps of administering a radiosensitizer agent proximate to or into the diseased tissue; and treating the diseased tissue with x-rays or other ionizing radiation so as to activate the radiosensitizer agent in the diseased tissue. Preferably, the radiosensitizer agent is a halogenated xanthene.