The palliative role of PDT in recurrent advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Case series

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-147

  Abbas, Syedda ^a   Jerjes, Waseem ^a   Upile, Tahwinder ^a   Vaz, Francis ^a   Hopper, Colin ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Case series; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Palliative role; Photodynamic therapy (PDT); Recurrent cancer

Indexed keywords

TEMOPORFIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MESOPORPHYRINS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860990115     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: 18731597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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