Photodynamic therapy in the management of potentially malignant and malignant oral disorders

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally-invasive surgical tool successfully targeting premalignant and malignant disorders in the head and neck, gastrointestinal tract, lungs and skin with greatly reduced morbidity and disfigurement. The technique is simple, can commonly be carried out in outpatie...

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Autores principales: Jerjes, Waseem, Hamdoon, Zaid, Hopper, Colin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22546491
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-3284-4-16
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description Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally-invasive surgical tool successfully targeting premalignant and malignant disorders in the head and neck, gastrointestinal tract, lungs and skin with greatly reduced morbidity and disfigurement. The technique is simple, can commonly be carried out in outpatient clinics, and is highly acceptable to patients. The role of photodynamic therapy in the management of oral potentially malignant disorders and early oral cancer is being discussed.
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spelling pubmed-36297012013-04-22 Photodynamic therapy in the management of potentially malignant and malignant oral disorders Jerjes, Waseem Hamdoon, Zaid Hopper, Colin Head Neck Oncol Review Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally-invasive surgical tool successfully targeting premalignant and malignant disorders in the head and neck, gastrointestinal tract, lungs and skin with greatly reduced morbidity and disfigurement. The technique is simple, can commonly be carried out in outpatient clinics, and is highly acceptable to patients. The role of photodynamic therapy in the management of oral potentially malignant disorders and early oral cancer is being discussed. BioMed Central 2012-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3629701/ /pubmed/22546491 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-3284-4-16 Text en Copyright © 2012 Jerjes et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Photodynamic therapy in the management of potentially malignant and malignant oral disorders
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title_full Photodynamic therapy in the management of potentially malignant and malignant oral disorders
title_fullStr Photodynamic therapy in the management of potentially malignant and malignant oral disorders
title_full_unstemmed Photodynamic therapy in the management of potentially malignant and malignant oral disorders
title_short Photodynamic therapy in the management of potentially malignant and malignant oral disorders
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629701/
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