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Photodynamic Laser Therapy for Lesions in the Airway

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1 Photodynamic Laser Therapy for Lesions in the Airway
Douglas J. Minnich, MD, Ayesha S. Bryant, MSPH, MD, Adam Dooley, BS, Robert J. Cerfolio, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 89, Issue 6, Pages (June 2010) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Location of the tumors treated with photodynamic therapy and the number of treatments by location (some patients received treatment at more than one location). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier overall survival for patients who received photodynamic therapy in this series (dark line is survival, lighter lines are 95% confidence intervals). Five-year survival rate is 43% (95% confidence interval, 38% to 53%). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Suggested algorithm for role of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in endobronchial disease. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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