Twelve central bronchial carcinoma patients and two gastrointestinal (GI) tract (oesophageal and colonic) early-stage cancer patients were treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT). Haematoporphyrin (HP/5, Jacopo Monico, Italy) at a dose of 5 mg kg-1 body weight was used as photosensitizer. Laser ligh
Endoscopic photodynamic therapy in lung cancer
β Scribed by Pasquale Spinelli; Marco Dal Fante
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-8921
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