Clinically relevant improvement of recurrence-free survival with 5-aminolevulinic acid induced fluorescence diagnosis in patients with superficial bladder tumors

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-71

  Filbeck, Thomas ^a,b   Pichlmeier, Uwe ^a,b   Knuechel, Ruth ^a,b   Wieland, Wolf F ^a,b   Roessler, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aminolevulinic acid; Bladder; Bladder neoplasms; Diagnosis; Fluorescence

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URINE CYTOLOGY; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 0036279316     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64833-1     Document Type: Article

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