Photodynamic therapy with YAG-OPO laser for early stage lung cancer

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 75-81

  Kato, Harubumi ^a   Okunaka, Tetsuya ^a   Konaka, Chimori ^a   Furuse, Kiyoyuki ^b   Kusunoki, Yoko ^c   Horai, Takeshi ^d   Takifuji, Nobuhide ^e   Negoro, Syunichi ^e   Fukuoka, Masahiro ^e   Yaya, Takashi ^f   Kawase, Ichiro ^f  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Kinki Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Field Research ^*

^d CENTER FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^e OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f OSAKA PREFECTURAL MEDICAL CENTER FOR RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early stage lung cancer; Photodynamic therapy; Photofrin; YAG OPO laser

Indexed keywords

PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YAG LASER;

EID: 12644257553     PISSN: 10703608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/DTE.4.75     Document Type: Article

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