Effectiveness of photodynamic therapy and Nd-YAG laser treatment for obstructed tracheobronchial malignancies

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-166

  Furukawa, Kinya ^a   Okunaka, Tetsuya ^a   Yamamoto, Hideki ^a   Tsuchida, Takaaki ^a   Usuda, Jitsuo ^a   Kumasaka, Hideo ^a   Ishida, Junzou ^a   Konaka, Chimori ^a   Kato, Harubumi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endobronchial tumor; Nd YAG laser; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; PHOTOFRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TRACHEA CANCER; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032962786     PISSN: 10703608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/DTE.5.161     Document Type: Article

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