IN VIVO NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENCE IMAGING OF HUMAN COLON ADENOCARCINOMA BY SPEC

Background and Aims: Accurate endoscopic detection of premalignant lesions and early cancers in the colon is essential for cure, since prognosis is closely related to lesion size and stage. Although it has great clinical potential, autofluorescence endoscopy has limited tumorto- normal tissue image