Clinically Relevant Improvement of Recurrence-free Survival with 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Induced Fluorescence Diagnosis in Patients with Superficial Bladder Tumors

Abstract

Fluorescence diagnosis is significantly superior to conventional white light transurethral resection with respect to the residual tumor rate and recurrence-free survival. The differences in recurrence-free survival imply that fluorescence diagnosis is a clinically relevant procedure for decreasing the number of tumor recurrences.