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Photodynamic therapy for lung cancer — A review of 19 years' experience

✍ Scribed by Harubumi Kato

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
410 KB
Volume
42
Category
Article
ISSN
1011-1344

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✦ Synopsis

This paper reviews studies of photodynamic therapy for the treatment of lung cancer in Japan, carried out since 1978. Photodynamic therapy has been applied clinically to both early and advanced stages of lung cancer and in combination with surgery. It can preserve pulmonary function, is well tolerated and is cost-effective in comparison with other treatments.

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