Photodynamic therapy, Nd-YAG laser and electrocautery for treating early-stage intraluminal cancer: Which to choose?

Lung Cancer

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-36

  Van Boxem, A J M ^a   Westerga, J ^a   Venmans, B J W ^a   Postmus, P E ^a   Sutedja, G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopic therapy; Curative intent; Electrocautery; Fibrosis; Nd YAG; Photodynamic therapy (PDT)

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PHOTOFRIN II;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035185224     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(00)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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