Clinical experience of photodynamic therapy in five patients with advanced lung cancer

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-77

  Kim, Yang Ki ^a   Lee, Young Mok ^a   Kim, Ki Up ^a   Uh, Soo Taek ^a,b   Kim, Yong Hoon ^a   Park, Choon Sik ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Photodynamic therapy; Tracheobronchial obstruction

Indexed keywords

PHOTOFRIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRRADIATION; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPUTUM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 4644328103     PISSN: 03780066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2004.57.1.72     Document Type: Article

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