Diagnosis of upper urinary tract tumours: Is photodynamic diagnosis assisted ureterorenoscopy required as an addition to modern imaging and ureterorenoscopy?

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-133

  Aboumarzouk, Omar M ^a,b   Mains, Edward ^a   Moseley, Harry ^c   Kata, Sławomir G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

^c NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 Aminolevulinic acid; CT Urography; Photodynamic diagnosis; Upper urinary tract carcinoma in situ; Upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma; Ureterorenoscopy

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; 5-AMINOVALERIC ACID; AMINO ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC DIAGNOSTIC URETERORENOSCOPY; PHOTODYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETEROSCOPY; UROGRAPHY; WHITE LIGHT ENDOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS, NEUTRAL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879262626     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: 18731597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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