Photodynamic therapy for advanced bile d
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Frieder Berr; Marcus Wiedmann; Andrea Tannapfel; Ulrich Halm; Kay R. Kohlhaw; Fr
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Median survival time of nonresectable hilar bile duct cancer is only 4 to 6 months owing to tumor spread in the biliary tree, refractory cholestasis, and sepsis or liver failure. We explored whether local photodynamic therapy of nonresectable bile duct cancer could improve survival. A sample size of