Photodynamic therapy: An effective, but non-selective treatment for superficial cancers of the oral cavity

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 937-942

  Grant, William E ^a   Speight, Paul M ^b   Hopper, Colin ^a,c   Bown, Stephen G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOFRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; MOUTH CANCER; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030911076     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970611)71:6<937::AID-IJC4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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