Photodynamic Therapy for Superficial Esophageal CancerUsing an Excimer Dye Laser | Zendy

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Photodynamic Therapy for Superficial Esophageal CancerUsing an Excimer Dye Laser

Author(s) -

Seishiro Mimura,

Toru Otani,

Shigeru Okuda

Publication year - 1994

Publication title -

diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1029-0516

pISSN - 1026-714X

DOI - 10.1155/dte.1.99

Subject(s) - photodynamic therapy , medicine , dye laser , excimer laser , esophageal cancer , lesion , excimer , cure rate , laser therapy , laser , dermatology , surgery , cancer , optics , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry

In order to improve the therapeutic effectiveness of photodynamic therapy with Photofrin II and laser light for superficial esophageal cancer, we employed an excimer dye laser instead of an argon dye laser. Eight superficial esophageal cancer lesions (7 cases) were treated. Of these 8 lesions, 6 were cured by initial treatment, while one lesion required another treatment. The final rate of cure was 88% (7/8).

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