# OnCo record methyl-aminolevulinate (drug). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/drugs/methyl-aminolevulinate/>
  a schema:Drug ;
  onco:kind "drug" ;
  schema:identifier "methyl-aminolevulinate" ;
  schema:name "Methyl aminolevulinate"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "MAL"@en, "Metvix / Metvixia" ;
  schema:description "Methyl aminolevulinate is a cream applied to sun-damaged skin or a superficial basal cell carcinoma and then activated with red light, clearing precancerous and early skin cancers with better cosmetic results than surgery or freezing."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/drugs/methyl-aminolevulinate/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-08"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_aminolevulinate> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_aminolevulinate>, <https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/explore/compound/CHEMBL1201306>, <https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70143-8>, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2017.09.033>, <https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003412.pub3>, <https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/skin-cancer/treatment/photodynamic-therapy> ;
  onco:status "established" ;
  onco:tag "gap-fill", "chembl-universe" ;
  onco:modality "Topical photosensitiser cream for photodynamic therapy" ;
  onco:approval "US 2004: Thin non-hyperkeratotic actinic keratoses of the face and scalp, with red light photodynamic therapy" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/basal-cell-carcinoma/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/skin-cancer/> ;
  onco:companies <https://onco.cc/companies/galderma/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/topical-and-destructive-treatment-bcc/> ;
  onco:trials <https://onco.cc/trials/mal-pdt-imiquimod-fluorouracil-superficial-bcc/>, <https://onco.cc/trials/mal-pdt-versus-surgery-nodular-bcc/>, <https://onco.cc/trials/mal-pdt-versus-cryotherapy-superficial-bcc/>, <https://onco.cc/trials/nct02144077/> .