Photodynamic therapy of 168 early stage cancers of the lung and oesophagus: A Japanese multi-centre study

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 255-259

  Hayata, Y ^a,f   Kato, H ^a   Furuse, K ^b   Kusunoki, Y ^c   Suzuki, S ^d   Mimura, S ^e  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KINKI CHUO CHEST MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^f Tokyo Medical University School of Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early stage lung cancer; Photodynamic therapy; Superficial oesophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA;

EID: 0030481126     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02134916     Document Type: Article

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