Delta-ALA-assisted fluorescence detection of cancer in the urinary bladder

15 January 1994

proceedings article
Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng

p. 74-80
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.166812

Abstract

Visualization of early stage bladder cancer is considerably improved using Delta-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) as tumor marking agent. This is due to an intracellular accumulation of fluorescing Protoporphyrin IX in tissue following intravesical installation of ALA in a pH-neutral solution.

Keywords

BLADDER
BLADDER CANCER
CANCER
FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY
LASER MARKING
TISSUES
VISUALIZATION

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