Improving endoscopic resolution and sampling: fluorescence techniques.
Gastrointestinal tumours are usually associated with a poor prognosis, as most are only diagnosed at an advanced stage. Every effort to improve intraluminal diagnosis in gastroenterology must therefore be aimed at diagnosing gastrointestinal tract tumours at the earliest stage possible.
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Department of Medicine II, Wiesbaden Hospital, Ludwig-Erhard-Strasse 100, 65199 Wiesbaden, Germany. dekanat@med.uni-erlangen.de
D001471:Barrett Esophagus / Q000175:diagnosis; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005453:Fluorescence; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light