Journal of International Obstetrics and Gynecology ›› 2023, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (2): 196-200.doi: 10.12280/gjfckx.20220637

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Research Progress of Near-Infrared Photoimmunotherapy in Ovarian Cancer

ZHAO Tiao-hong, LU Tao-feng, CHEN Yuan-yuan, LU Ru-xia, ZHAO Yuan-xu, PEI Ya-ping, LIU Hui-ling()   

  1. First School of Clinical Medical, Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China (ZHAO Tiao-hong, LU Tao-feng, CHEN Yuan-yuan, LU Ru-xia, ZHAO Yuan-xu); Department of Gynecology, Gansu Provincial People′s Hospital, Lanzhou 730000, China (PEI Ya-ping, LIU Hui-ling)
  • Received:2022-08-07 Published:2023-04-15 Online:2023-04-24
  • Contact: LIU Hui-ling, E-mail: liuhuiling75@163.com

Abstract:

Ovarian cancer is one of the most lethal gynecological malignancies, which is characterized by difficulties in early diagnosis, high recurrence rate and mortality. Although most patients achieve clinical remission after aggressive treatment, more than 80% of patients may experience drug-resistant recurrence, usually accompanied by lymph node and extensive abdominal metastasis. There is an urgent need to find new therapeutic strategies for ovarian cancer to prolong survival and reduce recurrence. Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy (NIR-PIT) is a novel molecular targeted therapy that combines the specificity of antibody targeting tumor and light-absorbing dye exposure to near-infrared. NIR-PIT is an emerging targeted therapy for cancer, which plays an important role in the early diagnosis, treatment and drug resistance of tumors. This paper reviews the mechanism of anti-tumor effect of NIR-PIT and the current research progress of NIR-PIT in ovarian cancer.

Key words: Ovarian neoplasms, Spectroscopy, near-infrared, Immunotherapy, Antibodies, monoclonal, Phototherapy, Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy