Success of photodynamic therapy in palliating patients with nonresectable cholangiocarcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Moole, Harsha; Tathireddy, Harsha; Dharmapuri, Sirish; Moole, Vishnu; R. Boddireddy, Raghuveer; Yedama, Pratyusha; Dharmapuri, Sowmya; Uppu, Achuta; Bondalapati, Naveen; Duvvuri, Abhiram

doi:10.3748/wjg.v23.i7.1278

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Success of photodynamic therapy in palliating patients with nonresectable cholangiocarcinoma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Published in World Journal of Gastroenterology • Jan 1, 2017

Authors:

Harsha Moole

Harsha Tathireddy

Sirish Dharmapuri

Abstract

AIM: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis on clinical outcomes of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in non-resectable cholangiocarcinoma. METHODS: statistic. RESULTS: BS group was 0.57 (95%CI: 0.35-0.94). In PDT group, 10.51% (95%CI: 6.94-14.72) had photosensitivity reactions that were self-lim...

Subject

Meta-analysis

Medicine

Photodynamic therapy

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