Photodynamic therapy (PDT): An evolving therapeutic technique in head and neck cancer treatment

Head & Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 649-676

  Vesper, Benjamin J ^a   Colvard, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stage tumors; Head and neck cancer; Lasers; Photodynamic therapy (PDT); Photofrin; Photosensitizer; Premalignant lesions; Recurrence; Secondary tumors; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923785509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5827-8_22     Document Type: Chapter

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