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According to this prospective non-randomized study, combined PDT/HBO represents a new approach in the treatment of esophageal and cardia cancer which appears to have enhanced the efficiency of PDT.

Photodynamic therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment for palliation of advanced cancer at the gastro-esophageal junction. The use of PDT combined with irradiation was associated with an acceptable survival rate, low rates of complications and reasonable quality of life.

Combined PDT/HBO represents a new approach in the treatment of esophageal cancer which, in this pilot study, appears to have enhanced the efficiency of PDT.

VATS combined with mechanical brush pleurodesis using the electrical brush system is a highly effective and safe treatment for patients with recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax.

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Despite the limitations of a non-randomized study, photosensitization with Photosan seems to be more effective in PDT of malignant tracheo-bronchial stenosis compared to ALA.