• 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