Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 11-14 , March 2006

Salvage photodynamic therapy for persistent esophageal cancer after chemoradiation therapy

References 

  1. August DA, Ottow RT, Sugarbaker PH. Clinical perspective of human colorectal cancer metastasis. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 1984;3:303–324
  2. Frost P, Levin B. Clinical implications of metastatic process. Lancet. 1992;339:1458–1461
  3. al-Sarraf M, Martz K, Herskovic A, et al. Progress report of combined chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone in patients with esophageal cancer: an intergroup study. J Clin Oncol. 1997;15:277–284
  4. Pantel K, von Knebel Doeberitz M, Izbicki JR, et al. [Disseminated tumor cells: diagnosis, prognostic relevance, phenotyping and therapeutic strategies]. Chirurg. 1997;68:1241–1250
  5. Dwenger A, Lindemann A, Mertelsmann R. Minimal residual disease: detection, clinical relevance, and treatment strategies. J Hematother. 1996;5:537–548
  6. Moghissi K, Dixon K. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) in esophageal cancer: a surgical view of its indications based on 14 years experience. Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2003;2:319–326
  7. Entwistle JW, Goldberg M. Multimodality therapy for resectable cancer of the thoracic esophagus. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002;73:1009–1015
  8. Wolfsen HC, Woodward TA, Raimondo M. Photodynamic therapy for dysplastic Barrett esophagus and early esophageal adenocarcinoma. Mayo Clin Proc. 2002;77:1176–1181
  9. Kienle P, Koch M. Minimal residual disease in gastrointestinal cancer. Semin Surg Oncol. 2001;20:282–293
  10. Bates BA, Detterbeck FC, Bernard SA, et al. Concurrent radiation therapy and chemotherapy followed by esophagectomy for localized esophageal carcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 1996;14:156–163
  11. Oleinick NL, Evans HH. The photobiology of photodynamic therapy: cellular targets and mechanisms. Radiat Res. 1998;150:s146–s156
  12. Stein HJ, Feith M, Bruecher BL, et al. Early esophageal cancer: pattern of lymphatic spread and prognostic factors for long-term survival after surgical resection. Ann Surg. 2005;242:566–573discussion 73-5

PII: S1572-1000(06)00002-0

doi: 10.1016/S1572-1000(06)00002-0

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 11-14 , March 2006

Article Tools