Clinical studies of photodynamic therapy for malignant brain tumors: Karnofsky score and neurological score in patients with recurrent gloms treated with photofrin-PDT

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4612, Issue , 2002, Pages 40-47

  Muller, P ^a   Wilson, B ^a   Lilge, L ^a   Yang, V ^a   Varma, A ^a   Bogaars, A ^a   Hetzel, ^a   Chen, Q ^a   Fullagar, T ^a   Fenstermaker, R ^a   Selker, R ^a   Abrams, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intracavitary photo illumination; Karnofsky scores; Photodynamic therapy of brain tumors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMOTHERAPY; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS;

BRAIN TUMORS;

PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY;

EID: 18644370932     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.469353     Document Type: Article

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