Optimization of light dosimetry for photodynamic therapy of Barrett's esophagus: Efficacy vs. incidence of stricture after treatment

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Panjehpour, Masoud ^a   Overholt, Bergein F ^a   Phan, Mary N ^a   Haydek, John M ^a  

^a THOMPSON CANCER SURVIVAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACEPONATE; PHOTOFRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DIHEMATOPORPHYRIN ETHER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOPORPHYRIN PHOTORADIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12844256664     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)02394-6     Document Type: Article

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