Feasibility and safety of long-term photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the palliative treatment of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Feasibility and safety of long-term photodynamic therapy (PDT) in the palliative treatment of patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background and Aim</p> <p>PDT is an important palliative option for patients with unresectable extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CC). However, the results published to date reported on studies with no more than 6 (mostly up to 4) PDT procedures. Furthe...

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Main Authors: Höblinger A, Gerhardt T, González-Carmona MA, Hüneburg R, Sauerbruch T, Schmitz V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
cholangiocarcinoma
palliative care
photodynamic therapy
chemotherapy
Online Access:http://www.eurjmedres.com/content/16/9/391

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