Effect of extending the oral administration period of 5‐aminolevulinic acid on diagnostic accuracy and treatment outcomes for non–muscle‐invasive bladder cancer
The clinical efficacy of ALA-PDD, in terms of sensitivity and recurrence, was maintained even when the 5-ALA administration time was extended from 2 to 4 h to 2-8 h prior to TURBT.
Authors
- Ryu Shigehisa
- Yasuhiko Shibanaka
- Kenta Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3590-2189)
- Shinkuro Yamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3620-7666)
- Hideo Fukuhara
- Keiji Inoue
- Satoshi Fukata
Institutions
- Kochi Medical School Hospital (JP)
- SBI Pharmaceuticals (Japan) (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJUI Compass
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bco2.70173
- Primary Topic
- Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00