Figure 7.
Relationship between tumor doubling time and the fluence at which Pc 4 fluorescence photobleaches to 1/e of its pre-PDT value for irradiation at fluence rates of (■) 50 mW/cm2 and (◯) 150 mW/cm2. Both treatment groups received 100 J/cm2 of irradiation. For the treatment groups taken individually, no significant correlation was found between doubling and bleaching (50 mW/cm2, p=0.188; 150 mW/cm2, p=0.308). For the data taken as a whole, there was also no significant correlation found between doubling and bleaching (p=0.977).