title: [Photodynamic therapy of bronchial cancer].
abstract: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with porphyrin derivatives (haematoporphyrin and dihaematoporphyrin äther/ester) and laser light of the wavelength 640 nm, is a new procedure for the treatment of carcinomas. This form of therapy is selective, can be applied through the bronchoscope, and is aimed at accomplishing curative elimination of central tumours of the lung. To date, we have successfully applied PDT in four selected patients. Our first patient was treated in April, 1987. The irradiation modalities and the clinical course are described.
authors.affiliation: Pneumologische Klinik, im Zentralkrankenhaus Gauting der LVA Oberbayern.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Häussinger
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krug
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Breyer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Beyer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jocham
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stepp
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Unsöld
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sroka
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D000368:Aged; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000188:drug therapy; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006414:Hematoporphyrin Photoradiation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Photodynamische Therapie des Bronchialkarzinoms.