Photodynamic therapy for esophageal malignancy: A prospective twelve-year study

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1005-1010

  McCaughan Jr , James S ^a,b   Ellison, E Christopher ^a   Guy, Jerry T ^a   Hicks, William J ^a   Jones, Jacqueline J ^a   Laufman, Leslie R ^a   May, Eugene ^a   Nims, Thomas A ^a   Spiridonidis, C Harris ^a   Williams, Thomas E ^a  

^a GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Laser Medical Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOFRIN II; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYE LASER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030272662     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00563-2     Document Type: Article

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