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Ann Thorac Surg 1996;62:1009-1010
© 1996 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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DR CAROLYN E. REED (Charleston, SC): Doctor McCaughan, would you comment on the cost of photodynamic therapy (PDT)?

DR McCAUGHAN: It is pretty hard to estimate the cost because PDT has been experimental to date. The cost of the drug has not been a problem for us. I do not know what the charge will be for it. Nor have the fibers been a problem for us. Some surgeons are doing PDT on an outpatient basis, but I usually do it in the operating room. I would think the cost is probably less than that of an esophagogastrectomy. The patients are in the hospital usually 3 or 4 days at most.

DR KAMAL G. KHALIL (Houston, TX): I have two questions. For patients in stage I, was this the only treatment given? Also, was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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