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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8676-0
DOI :
10.1109/APBP.2004.1412280
