Year: 1987
Type: article
Abstract: Photodynamic therapy, which usually requires the injection of a photosensitizer with an affinity for malignant tissue, followed by treatment with low power laser light delivered via an endoscope, is attracting increasing attention.From 1980 through June 1986 we performed photodynamic therapy (PDT) on 21 cases of lung cancer which seemed to be at an early stage endoscopically and which had either rejected operation or had been unable to undergo resection due to low pulmonary function. We studied five cases which survived for three years or more. In all five cases squamous cell carcinoma confined in the large space of the airway could be demonstrated.Of these cases, the longest-lived survived for 86 months and even the shortest-lived survived for 44 months.
Source: Nippon Laser Igakkaishi
Authors: M. Ishii, H. Kato, C. Konaka, K. Yoneyama, M. Noguchi, H. Yamamoto, Y. Hayata
Institution: Tokyo Medical University
Language: English
Subfield: Cancer Research
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W590090900