Abstract
Despite extensive studies of tumor detection using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) the ability of the LIF technique to detect dysplasia, a premalignant flat lesion, has not been demonstrated. LIF has been used to diagnose adenomatous polyps from normal colon tissue with accuracies to 97%.1 The more difficult task of differentiating adenomatous polyps from hyperplastic polyps yields accuracies of 83%.2 The major difference in comparing the fluorescence spectra of normal colon, hyperplastic and adenomatous polyps is a relative decrease of fluorescence observed at 390 nm, attributed to a thickened mucosa which shields strong fluorescence from submucosal collagen.3
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