Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	21841
Country	Japan

Received	2015-07-29 14:00
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Publish the Manuscript Online	2016-01-15 14:54

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Minireviews
Article Title	Recent advances in photodynamic diagnosis of gastric cancer using 5-aminolevulinic acid
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Noriaki Koizumi, Yoshinori Harada, Takeo Minamikawa, Hideo Tanaka, Eigo Otsuji and Tetsuro Takamatsu
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Tetsuro Takamatsu, MD, PhD, Depart­ment of Medical Photonics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 6028566, Japan. ttakam@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Key Words	Gastric cancer; Photodynamic diagnosis; 5-aminolevulinic acid; Protoporphyrin IX; Lymph node metastasis; Personalized medicine; Peritoneal dissemination
Core Tip	To perform personalized treatment for gastric cancer, rapid intraoperative detection of malignant lesions is desirable. Photodynamic diagnosis based on 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin Ⅸ may help in this regard. This method enables intraoperative real-time fluorescence detection of peritoneal dis-semination in gastric cancer patients, exhibiting higher sensitivity than white light observation without histopathological examination. The method also enables detection of metastatic foci within excised lymph nodes, exhibiting a diagnostic accuracy com-parable to a current molecular diagnostics technique. This method has the potential to become a useful diagnostic tool for gastric cancer treatment.
Publish Date	2016-01-15 14:54
Citation	Koizumi N, Harada Y, Minamikawa T, Tanaka H, Otsuji E, Takamatsu T. Recent advances in photodynamic diagnosis of gastric cancer using 5-aminolevulinic acid. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(3): 1289-1296
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v22/i3/1289.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i3.1289

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