Photodynamic therapy in the head and neck

Photodynamic therapy, PDT, is a method to diagnose and treat cancer. In PDT a sensitizer is administered to the patient and this sensitizer is accumulated in tumors. If the sensitizer-containing tumor is subjected to a laser of a specific wavelength the tumor is fluorescing allowing diagnostics. If...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: von Beckerath, Mathias
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin 2014
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-35953
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7529-039-3