Analysis of photosensitivity in Japanese cancer-bearing patients receiving photodynamic therapy with porfimer sodium (Photofrin™)

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 241-243

  Moriwaki, Shin Ichi ^a   Misawa, Junko ^b   Yoshinari, Yasushi ^c   Yamada, Ichiro ^a   Takigawa, Masahiro ^b   Tokura, Yoshiki ^c  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Japan)

^b Photon Medical Research Center   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excimer dye laser; Photodynamic therapy; Photosensitivity; Phototesting; Porfimer sodium (Photofrin ); Skin phototype

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MELANIN; PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLUMINATION; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LASER; LIGHT; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0034830230     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0781.2001.170507.x     Document Type: Article

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