Noninvasive Diagnosis of Oral Neoplasia Based on Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Native Tissue Autofluorescence

Abstract
PATIENTS WITH cancer of the oral cavity usually present when their disease is already advanced. Treatment for these patients vs those with early-stage disease is more disfiguring and debilitating, more expensive, and less successful. Early detection of neoplastic changes in the oral cavity has great potential for improving the quality of life and survival rates for patients. The goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical applicability of fluorescence spectroscopy (a noninvasive technique for assessing the chemical and morphologic composition of tissue) for the in vivo detection of oral cavity neoplasia.

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