著者

大長 珠美 山田 一郎 増本 一真 山口 万枝 福田 廣志 橋本 賢二

出版者

Japanese Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

雑誌

日本口腔外科学会雑誌 (ISSN:00215163)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.46, no.8, pp.472-474, 2000-08-20 (Released:2011-07-25)

参考文献数

9

被引用文献数

2 2

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Photodynamic therapy is a new therapeutic technique that utilizes a photosensitizer selectively localized in tumors and activated by exposure to laser light, resulting in tumor necrosis. Photodynamic therapy has proved to be effective in the treatment of early cancers of the lung, esophagus, stomach, and uterine cervix, and was approved by the Japanese goverment. We consider early oral cancers to be good candidates for photodynamic therapy. This report describes two cases of tongue carcinoma treated by photodynamic therapy.