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Photodynamic Therapy in Early Lung Cancer: A Report of Two Cases

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) that is based on the science of photochemistry has been recognized as a lung sparing local therapeutic modality that can achieve remarkable responses. It is an alternative treatment for early stage lung cancer patients who have poor lung function or multiple sites of cance...

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Autores principales: Jang, Tae Won, Kim, Hee Kyoo, Oak, Chul Ho, Jung, Mann Hong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17017667
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2006.21.3.178
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description Photodynamic therapy (PDT) that is based on the science of photochemistry has been recognized as a lung sparing local therapeutic modality that can achieve remarkable responses. It is an alternative treatment for early stage lung cancer patients who have poor lung function or multiple sites of cancer. Recently we treated a 70-year-old man who presented with squamous carcinoma in situ at a previous pneumonectomy site, and a 64-year-old man with a newly developed secondary superficial lung cancer, with PDT. There were no complications related to the procedure. Both patients had poor lung function due to prior lung cancer surgery. Clinical and histological complete remissions were achieved without any evidence of recurrence during 30 months of follow-up in both patients.
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spelling pubmed-38907212014-01-15 Photodynamic Therapy in Early Lung Cancer: A Report of Two Cases Jang, Tae Won Kim, Hee Kyoo Oak, Chul Ho Jung, Mann Hong Korean J Intern Med Case Report Photodynamic therapy (PDT) that is based on the science of photochemistry has been recognized as a lung sparing local therapeutic modality that can achieve remarkable responses. It is an alternative treatment for early stage lung cancer patients who have poor lung function or multiple sites of cancer. Recently we treated a 70-year-old man who presented with squamous carcinoma in situ at a previous pneumonectomy site, and a 64-year-old man with a newly developed secondary superficial lung cancer, with PDT. There were no complications related to the procedure. Both patients had poor lung function due to prior lung cancer surgery. Clinical and histological complete remissions were achieved without any evidence of recurrence during 30 months of follow-up in both patients. The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2006-09 2006-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3890721/ /pubmed/17017667 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2006.21.3.178 Text en Copyright © 2006 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17017667
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2006.21.3.178
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