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Long‐Term survival of a lung cancer patient treated with photodynamic therapy
Author(s) -
Nelson J. Stuart,
Fairshter Ronald D.,
Berns Michael W.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
lasers in surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1096-9101
pISSN - 0196-8092
DOI - 10.1002/lsm.1900100216
Subject(s) - medicine , photodynamic therapy , lung cancer , radiology , bronchoscopy , pneumonectomy , bronchus , basal cell , lesion , biopsy , cancer , left main bronchus , lung , surgery , carcinoma , respiratory disease , pathology , chemistry , organic chemistry
A 63–year‐old male, status post‐right pneumonec‐tomy, presented with hemoptysis. Although chest X‐ray and CAT scan film findings were negative, bronchoscopy with biopsy from the left mainstem bronchus demonstrated squamous cell carcinoma. Because of the inoperable location of the lesion, the patient was treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) in February 1984. At present, the patient is cancer free more then 6 years after PDT.