DocumentCode
430433
Title
PDT for oral precancerous lesions
Author
Chen, Hsin-Ming ; Tsai, Tsuimin ; Chiang, Chun-Pin
Author_Institution
Dept. of Dentistry, Nat. Taiwan Univ. Hosp., Taipei, Taiwan
fYear
2004
fDate
14-17 Dec. 2004
Firstpage
65
Lastpage
66
Abstract
Eleven cases of oral verrucous hyperplasia (OVH) and 36 cases of oral leukoplakia (OL) were treated with a topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA-PDT) that was found to be very effective for OVH lesions but not for OL lesions.
Keywords
cancer; dentistry; laser applications in medicine; organic compounds; photodynamic therapy; tumours; 5-aminolevulinic acid; PDT; oral leukoplakia; oral precancerous lesion; oral verrucous hyperplasia; Biomedical materials; Dentistry; Educational institutions; Fluorescence; Hospitals; Humans; Lesions; Light emitting diodes; Neoplasms; Protocols;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8676-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APBP.2004.1412280
Filename
1412280
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