Photodynamic therapy in palliative treatment of head and neck cancer.

Related Articles Photodynamic therapy in palliative treatment of head and neck cancer. Otolaryngol Pol. 2015;69(3):15-20 Authors: Golusiński P, Szybiak B, Wegner A, Pazdrowski J, Pieńkowski P Abstract INTRODUCTION: Head and neck cancers account for about 6% of all malignant tumors. Head and neck cancers are responsible for about 650,000 new cases and approximately 260,000 deaths in the world annually. About 50% of patients fail to achieve cure or relapse of cancer occurs despite intensive combined treatment. A small number of patients is eligible for re-treatment, and for most of them symptomatic treatment is used. Photodynamic therapy(PDT) may be an alternative…
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