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Polarization gating spectroscopy of normal-appearing duodenal mucosa to detect pancreatic cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

According to the field effect theory, by detecting microvasculature changes such as early increase in blood supply (EIBS) in the surrounding tissue, neoplastic lesions can be identified from a distance.

Objective

To determine the feasibility and efficacy of a fiberoptic probe containing novel polarization gating spectroscopy technology to identify patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) by the field effect theory.

Design

Prospective cohort (pilot) study.

Setting

Outpatient tertiary care center.

Patients

Adult (≥ 18 years) patients undergoing EGD-EUS were screened. Patients with PAC were included in the "cancer" group and patients without PAC were included in the "control" group. We excluded patients with other known malignancies and gastroduodenal premalignant lesions.

Interventions and main outcome measures

Spectroscopic measurements of EIBS variables, such as deoxyhemoglobin concentration (DHb) and mean blood vessel radius (BVR), were obtained from 5 periampullary locations. The Mann-Whitney rank sum test was used for the statistical analysis (P ≤ .05).

Results

Fourteen patients (mean age 72 years, 79% male) in the cancer group and 15 patients (mean age 63 years, 60% male) in the control group were included in the final analysis. At the ampullary site, both DHb (P = .001) and BVR (P = .03) were higher in PAC patients than in the control subjects. The DHb alone (92% sensitivity, 86% specificity) or in combination with BVR (92% sensitivity, 79% specificity) can differentiate PAC from control subjects with high accuracy.

Limitations

Small sample size, unmatched control subjects.

Conclusions

Spectroscopic measurements of EIBS by fiberoptic probes are feasible. Preliminary evidence suggests that in vivo measurement of normal-appearing duodenal tissue can differentiate PAC patients from a distance with high accuracy.

SUBMITTER: Patel M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4241379 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Polarization gating spectroscopy of normal-appearing duodenal mucosa to detect pancreatic cancer.

Patel Mihir M Gomes Andrew A Ruderman Sarah S Hardee Darla D Crespo Sergio S Raimondo Massimo M Woodward Timothy T Backman Vadim V Roy Hemant H Wallace Michael M

Gastrointestinal endoscopy 20140524 5

<h4>Background</h4>According to the field effect theory, by detecting microvasculature changes such as early increase in blood supply (EIBS) in the surrounding tissue, neoplastic lesions can be identified from a distance.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the feasibility and efficacy of a fiberoptic probe containing novel polarization gating spectroscopy technology to identify patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAC) by the field effect theory.<h4>Design</h4>Prospective cohort (pilot) study.<h4 ...[more]

PMID: 24861243

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Dataset Information

Polarization gating spectroscopy of normal-appearing duodenal mucosa to detect pancreatic cancer.

Background

Objective

Design

Setting

Patients

Interventions and main outcome measures

Results

Limitations

Conclusions

Publications

Polarization gating spectroscopy of normal-appearing duodenal mucosa to detect pancreatic cancer.

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