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Photodynamic Diagnosis-Assisted Transurethral Resection -- Lights Out?
- Source :
- NEJM Evidence; Oct2022, Vol. 1 Issue 10, p1-1, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In a randomized trial and accompanying cost-effectiveness analysis, conducted in people with suspected urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, Heer at al. in this issue of NEJM Evidence compare transurethral resection aided by intravesical installation of a photosensitizer with the same procedure guided by standard white light. The study's main finding was that the photosensitizer-based approach was not associated with a reduction of time to recurrence of tumor. Moreover, patients undergoing the photosensitizer-based procedure had only a small absolute risk reduction (3.8 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI], -13.4 to 6.6) of tumor recurrence in the trial time frame. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 27665526
- Volume :
- 1
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- NEJM Evidence
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 162525879
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1056/EVIDe2200194