A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of photodynamic therapy using 5-aminolaevulinic acid for the treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 829-832

  Barnett, Adrian A ^a   Haller, J Christoph ^b   Cairnduff, Fiona ^c   Lane, Geoffrey ^d   Brown, Stanley B ^a   Roberts, David J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALA; CIN; Photodynamic

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; INTRASITE GEL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037352559     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10888     Document Type: Article

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