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- Title
Could a dye offer a cheap and simple approach to detect bladder cancer using white-light cystoscopy?
- Authors
McLatchie, Linda M.
- Abstract
The article offers information on the use of the dye Evans blue for detecting bladder cancer using white-light cystoscopy. The article mentions the use of the chemical hexaminolevulinate (HAL) which is not widely used as it is not economically viable. The article describes that the side effects of the dye and the method are low that these could be used on pregnant women and newborns too.
- Subjects
EVANS blue; CYSTOSCOPY; BLADDER cancer diagnosis; EFFECT of light on dyes; DYES in medical diagnosis
- Publication
BJU International, 2015, Vol 116, Issue 3, p466
- ISSN
1464-4096
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/bju.13177