Interstitial photodynamic therapy as salvage treatment for recurrent head and neck cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 441-446

  Lou, P J ^a,b,f   Jager H R ^c,d   Jones, L ^a   Theodossy, T ^e   Bown, S G ^a,f   Hopper, C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Charles Bell House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interstitial therapy; Photodynamic therapy; Recurrent head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROXYPHENYLCHLORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MESOPORPHYRINS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143119178     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601993     Document Type: Article

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