Measurement of hypoxia-related parameters in bronchial mucosa by use of optical spectroscopy.
BACKGROUND
Tumor hypoxia has both prognostic and therapeutic consequences for solid tumors. We developed a novel noninvasive technique, differential path-length spectroscopy (DPS), which allows the measurement of hypoxia-related parameters in the superficial microvasculature of tissue.


OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to measure the microvascular oxygenation of histologically normal endobronchial mucosa and of neoplastic lesions during bronchoscopy using DPS.


METHODS
Sixty-four patients with known or suspected malignancies of the lung were studied. One hundred and five endobronchial lesions (38 histologically normal, 37 metaplastic/mild dysplastic lesions, and 30 invasive carcinomas) were detected by white and/or autofluorescence bronchoscopy and measured using DPS.


RESULTS
We observed that bronchial tumors are characterized by a lower blood oxygen saturation and a higher blood content than normal mucosa. No differences were observed between normal and metaplastic/mild dysplastic mucosa.


CONCLUSIONS
DPS is a new optical technique allowing the noninvasive study of endobronchial tumor hypoxia.
Bard
Martin P L
MP
Department of Respiratory Diseases, Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Amelink
Arjen
A
Hegt
Vincent Noordhoek
VN
Graveland
Wilfried J
WJ
Sterenborg
Henricus J C M
HJ
Hoogsteden
Henk C
HC
Aerts
Joachim G J V
JG
D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods
D010100:Oxygen