Bladder Cancer
Study Data from University of Tubingen Update Understanding of Bladder Cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, May 24th, 2011
2011 MAY 24 -- According to a study from Tubingen, Germany, "The medical community lacks results from prospective controlled multicenter studies of the diagnostic efficacy of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) cystoscopy on tumor recurrence in patients with superficial bladder tumors. A prospective randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted in 370 patients with nonmuscle-invasive urinary bladder carcinoma who received either 5-ALA (n = 187) or a placebo (n = 183) intra-vesically before cystoscopy."
"Each group underwent cystoscopy under visible white light and under fluorescent light followed by transurethral tumor resection. The primary...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-05-24)
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