Photodynamic Therapy, a new approach in the treatment of oral cancer Terapia Fotodinámica, un nuevo acercamiento en el tratamiento del cáncer oral

The worldwide incidence of head and neck cancer is, approximately, 640,000 new cases per year. Oral cancer accounts for one third of all cancers and it is the eighth most diagnosed in men. The most used treatments for these tumors are surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these th...

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Main Authors: Leandro Santos Bicalho, João Paulo Figueiró Longo, Inés Villamizar, Maria de Fátima Meneses de Almeida Santos, Ricardo Bentes Azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publicaciones UIS 2010-08-01
Series:Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0121-08072010000200010