Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been utilized as a promising alternative cancer treatment due to its minimum invasiveness over the years. Exogenous 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) triggers protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) accumulation, which happens in cancer cells. However, certain types of cancer exhibit reduced effectiveness in the PpIX accumulation mechanism. This study aimed to determine the effect of ALA-PDT combination with hemin on gastric carcinoma TMK-1 cells.
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