Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 50-58 , March 2010

Results of combined photodynamic therapy (PDT) and high dose rate brachytherapy (HDR) in treatment of obstructive endobronchial non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

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doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2009.12.002

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 50-58 , March 2010

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