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The Histological Basis of Detection of Adenoma and Cancer in the Colon by Autofluorescence Endoscopic Imaging

DOI

79

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0

References

1999

Year

Kunihiko Izuishi, H. Tajiri, Takeshi Fujii, Narikazu Boku, Atsushi Ohtsu, Takehisa Ohnishi, Munemasa Ryu, Tomoko Kinoshita, Shintaro Yoshida
Endoscopy

Abstract

The reason for the decreased fluorescence in diseased tissues appears to be a decrease in collagen fluorescence due to the screening effect of mucosal thickening or replacement of submucosa by cancer cells.