title: Photodynamic therapy of endobronchial and esophageal tumors: an overview.
abstract: From 1982 to March 1996 we treated 211 patients with endobronchial tumors and 106 patients with esophageal tumors using photodynamic therapy (PDT) in an ongoing study of the efficacy of PDT. This paper is an overview of our results and the evolvement of our current techniques for using PDT.
authors.affiliation: Grant Laser Center, Columbus, Ohio 43215, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: McCaughan
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001128:Argon; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006046:Gold; D006414:Hematoporphyrin Photoradiation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D001128:Argon; D006046:Gold; D017323:Dihematoporphyrin Ether