Six patients with an early stage of gastrointestinal (GI) cancer (TINoMo, stage I) were successfully treated by photodynamic therapy (PDT) as follows: esophagus-1, stomach-2, rectum-3. The patients were photosensitized 72 hrs rior to treatment with pure venous infusion. Argon-pumped dye laser light
“Photodynamic therapy in gastrointestinal cancer”
✍ Scribed by T. J. Dougherty
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0196-8092
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