title: [Fluorescent diagnostics of urinary bladder cancer].
abstract: Introduction of optic markers in screening for cancer of the urinary bladder (UB) raises diagnostic significance of UB cystoscopy. Application of intravesical form of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), precursor of photodynamically active protoporphirine IX, prevents complications in systemic use of tetracycline or hepatoprophirines. Fluorescent cystoscopy with 5-ALA (n = 59) was made in 51 patients treated in the Research Institute of Urology. UB cancer was detected in 32 patients. This procedure proved highly sensitive and specific (97.0 and 75.6%, respectively, being much more effective than standard cystoscopy and biopsy in the white light (85.1 and 81.4%, respectively). Specificity of fluorescent cystoscopy is much higher in detection of tumors and pretumor lesions (88.4%). Fluorescent diagnosis is expected to become a gold standard in the program of UB cancer detection.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Lopatkin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kamalov
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Kudriavtsev
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Tokarev
mesh_terms: D000283:Administration, Intravesical; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001706:Biopsy; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003558:Cystoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005453:Fluorescence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid