Is bronchoscopic photodynamic therapy a therapeutic option in lung cancer?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 535-541

  Moghissi, K ^a   Dixon, K ^a  

^a Yorkshire Laser Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Literature review; Lung cancer; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TETRA(4 HYDROXYPHENYL)CHLORINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS CANCER; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CANCER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STAGING; SUNBURN; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BRONCHOSCOPY; DIHEMATOPORPHYRIN ETHER; HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

EID: 0042529336     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00005203     Document Type: Review

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