Autofluorescence of normal and malignant bronchial tissue

✍ Scribed by Jaclyn Hung; Stephen Lam; Jean C. Leriche; Branko Palcic

• Book ID: 102935291
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 513 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0196-8092
• DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900110203

✦ Synopsis

In vivo autofluorescence spectra were obtained in 5 patients with carcinoma in situ, 26 patients with invasive tumors, and 1 patient with severe dysplasia. Significant spectral differences were observed between pre-cancerous, cancerous, and normal bronchial tissues. This difference may afford a method to image and/or detect early lung cancer by using tissue autofluorescence alone.