Photodynamic therapy and end-stage tongue base cancer: short communication

We previously reported on the outcome of 21 patients with stage IV advanced and/or recurrent tongue base carcinoma subjected to mTHPC-PDT. We continue to develop on the previous work by treating more patients with this unforgiving disease. PDT has shown to be a very successful minimally-invasive sur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jerjes, Waseem, Upile, Tahwinder, Radhi, Hani, Hopper, Colin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3261096/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22152039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-3284-3-49
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Sumario:We previously reported on the outcome of 21 patients with stage IV advanced and/or recurrent tongue base carcinoma subjected to mTHPC-PDT. We continue to develop on the previous work by treating more patients with this unforgiving disease. PDT has shown to be a very successful minimally-invasive surgical tool in managing this pathology. Tumour-associated symptoms were reduced significantly. The overall morbidity and mortality following PDT, in this group of patients, were far less when compared with other conventional modalities.

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