Photodynamic therapy for recurrent supratentorial gliomas

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 346-354

  Muller, Paul J ^a,b   Wilson, Brian C ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

malignant gliomas; photodynamic therapy; recurrent brain tumors

Indexed keywords

HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOFRIN I; PHOTOFRIN II; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PORPHYRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SURGERY; BURN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIHEMATOPORPHYRIN ETHER; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; HUMAN; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029124964     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: 10982388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ssu.2980110504     Document Type: Article

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