Photodynamic Therapy for Esophageal cancer

In photodynamic therapy, a photosensitizing drug is injected and then activated by light in the red spectral region to produce reactive, highly toxic singlet oxygen, which causes cell tissue and damage. When the distinction between tumoral and normal tissue is difficult at endoscopy, photodynamic th...

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Main Author: R Lambert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1990-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/586856
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