Concepedia

Publication | Closed Access

Experience with photodynamic therapy (endoscopic laser therapy) for the treatment of early gastric cancer.

13

Citations

0

References

2002

Year

Hiroki Nakamura, Hideo Yanai, Jun Nishikawa, Takeshi Okamoto, Atsuyoshi Hirano, Masako Higaki, Kaoru Ômori, Tomoharu Yoshida, Kiwamu Okita
PubMed

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy was safety employed, with success in 7 patients with early gastric cancer. We conclude that photodynamic therapy can be a useful palliative method with high tumor selectivity in the treatment of early gastric cancer.