Different pain sensations in photodynamic therapy of nodular basal cell carcinoma: Results from a prospective trial and a review of the literature

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-68

  Van Oosten, Eleonore J ^a   Kuijpers, Danielle I M ^a   Thissen, Monique R T M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Nodular basal cell carcinoma; Pain; Photodynamic therapy; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HALOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33644893617     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1572-1000(05)00156-0     Document Type: Article

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