Role of photodynamic therapy in the palliation of obstructing esophageal cancer

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-284

  Yoon, Hyeon Young ^a   Cheon, Young Koog ^a   Choi, Hye Jin ^a   Shim, Chan Sup ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Esophageal neoplasms; Photodynamic therapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STENT; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867048957     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2012.27.3.278     Document Type: Article

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