The importance of in situ light dosimetry for photodynamic therapy of oral cavity tumors

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 434-441

  Tan, I Bing ^b   Oppelaar, Hugo ^a   Ruevekamp, Marjan C ^a   Veenhuizen, Ruth B ^a   Timmers, Adrian ^b   Stewart, Fiona A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Light dosimetry; Oral cancer; PDT

Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOUTH TUMOR; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; LASERS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 0032838787     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199908)21:5<434::AID-HED9>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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