Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 107-118 , June 2005

PDT experience in Brazil: A regional profile

  • V.S. Bagnato

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Física de São Carlos – Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil and Hospital Amaral Carvalho, Jaú, SP, Brazil
    • Radiation Oncology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd LJCC 172, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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  • C. Kurachi

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Física de São Carlos – Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil and Hospital Amaral Carvalho, Jaú, SP, Brazil
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  • J. Ferreira

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Física de São Carlos – Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil and Hospital Amaral Carvalho, Jaú, SP, Brazil
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  • L.G. Marcassa

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Física de São Carlos – Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil and Hospital Amaral Carvalho, Jaú, SP, Brazil
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  • C.H. Sibata, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd LJCC 172, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 252 744 2900; fax: +1 252 744 2812.
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  • R.R. Allison

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Oncology, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd LJCC 172, Greenville, NC 27858, USA

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PII: S1572-1000(05)00058-X

doi: 10.1016/S1572-1000(05)00058-X

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 107-118 , June 2005

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