Table 3. Xenograft mouse or rat tumours, Route: IV, IP, IT.

Abbreviations: AlOH-PC, hydroxyaluminum-phthalocyanine; BPD-MA, benzoporphyrin derivative monoacid ring A; CD1, a strain of mice; DLI, drug light interval; Ncr, another strain of mice; NSCLC, non small cell lung cancer; Pd, TOOKAD, palladium bacteriopheophorbide; sc, subcutaneous; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma.

Cell line	Cancer type	Animal model	PDT regimen	References
OVCAR3	Ovarian	Nude mice	Photofrin, DLI 24 h, 635 nm, 200 J/cm2	[63]
OVCAR5	Ovarian	Nude mice	Verteporfin, BPD-MA, DLI 90 min, 690 nm, 40 J, 320 s	[64]
AsPC-1 andPanc-1	Pancreas	Male SCID mice	Verteporfin, DLI 1 h, 690 nm, 40 J/cm2, 74mW/cm2	[65]
LNCaP	Prostate	SCID mice	Liposomal BPD, DLI 1 h, 690 nm,100 J/cm2	[66]
WISH-PC237	Prostate	Male CD1 nude mice	Pd-bacteriopheophorbide TOOKAD, DLI zero, 650–800 nm, 360 J/cm2, 30 min	[67]
Eca109	Oesophageal SCC	Nude mice (sc or orthotopic)	Photofrin, DLI 24 h, 630 nm, 135 J/cm2, 75 mW/cm2	[68]
A549	Lung cancer (NSCLC)	nude mice	Factor VII-targeted Sn(IV) chlorin e6 conjugate, 635 nm, 72 J/cm2	[69]
H460	Lung cancer (NSCLC)	Ncr-nu/nu female mice	Photochlor HPPH, DLI 24 h, 661 nm, 200 J/cm. 150 mW/cm	[70]
FaDu	Head and neck SCC	Female nu/nu CByJ.Cg-Foxn1nu/J.	HPPH, DLI 24 h, 665 nm, 48 Jcm2, 7 mW/cm2,	[52]
MDA-MB 231	Mammary carcinoma	Nude mice	Phthalocyanine, AlOH-PC, DLI 10 min, 635 nm, 100 J/cm2, 0.97 W, 7 min.	[71]
MCaIV	Breast	Female SCID	Pyropheophorbide MV6401, DLI 15 min, 664 nm, 5 J/cm2, 50 mW/cm2.	[72]
HT29	Liver	Female Swiss nude mice	Monoclonal antibody chlorin(e6) conjugate, 17.1A-pl-ce6-succ, DLI 3 h, 666 nm, 80 J, 100 mW, 13.3 min	[73]
NPC	Nasopharyngeal carcinoma	BALB/c nude mice	5-ALA, DLI 3.5 h, 630 nm, 100 J/cm2, 100 mW/cm2	[74]