title: Photodynamic therapy of gastric cancer.
abstract: Photodynamic therapy is a fascinating concept that will continue to occupy many research groups around the world in coming years. Although a widespread clinical application for the method has not yet emerged, there are good prospects that photodynamic therapy will establish itself at major gastroenterologic centers as an endoscopic procedure with few or no side effects in the treatment of Barrett's esophagus (sever dysplasia and early carcinoma) and, in selected cases, for the treatment of early gastric carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Second Medical Department, Wiesbaden Hospital, Germany.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gossner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ell
mesh_terms: D004333:Drug Administration Routes; D004867:Equipment Design; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011379:Prognosis; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents