Open AccessPreliminary study of photodynamic diagnosis using 5-aminolevulinic acid in gastric and colorectal tumors
Author(s) -
Munetaka Nakamura,
Jun Nishikawa,
Kouichi Hamabe,
Atsushi Goto,
Junichi Nishimura,
Hiroaki Shibata,
Masafumi Nagao,
Sho Sasaki,
Shinichi Hashimoto,
Takeshi Okamoto,
Isao Sakaida
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i21.6706
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , endoscopic mucosal resection , adverse effect , nausea , clinical endpoint , colorectal cancer , stomach , endoscope , autofluorescence , prospective cohort study , endoscopy , surgery , cancer , clinical trial , physics , quantum mechanics , fluorescence
To investigate the utility of photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) to detect gastric/colorectal tumors.