Photodynamic therapy as adjuvant therapy in surgically treated pleural malignancies

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 819-826

  Baas, P ^a   Murrer, L ^a   Zoetmulder, F A N ^a   Stewart, F A ^a   Ris, H B ^b   Van Zandwijk, N ^a   Peterse, J L ^a   Rutgers, E J Th ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Light dosimetry; Malignant pleural mesothelioma; Photodynamic therapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

META TETRAHYDROXYPHENYLCHLORIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARCINOID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DIODE LASER; DOSIMETRY; EDEMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; NEUTROPHIL; OPERATION DURATION; PERICARDIUM; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX;

EID: 0030769658     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.468     Document Type: Article

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