Treatment of primary mucosal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma using photodynamic therapy: Results after 25 treated cases

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 713-717

  Dilkes, M G ^a   Benjamin, E ^a   Ovaisi, S ^a   Banerjee, A S ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and Neck Neoplasms; Photochemotherapy; Treatment Outcome

Indexed keywords

PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; TEMOPORFIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; FOLLOW UP; GOOD GENERAL CONDITION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX SURGERY; MUCOSA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MESOPORPHYRINS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142057306     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221503322334558     Document Type: Article

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