PDT is better than alternative therapies such as brachytherapy, electron beams, or low-energy x rays for the treatment of skin cancers

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1133-1135

  Zhu, Timothy C ^a   Parsai, E Ishmael ^b   Orton, Colin G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; LOW ENERGY X RAYS; SKIN CANCERS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRON; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOMETRY; SKIN TUMOR; TIME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOMETRY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952125793     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3512802     Document Type: Review

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