Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer: A Needle-Based, In Vivo Feasibility Study Protocol (IDEAL Phase 2A).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Focal therapy for prostate cancer has been proposed as an alternative treatment to whole-gland therapies in selected men to diminish side effects in localized prostate cancer. As nowadays imaging cannot offer complete prostate cancer disease characterization, multicore systematic biopsies are recommended (transrectal or transperineal). Optical imaging techniques such as confocal laser endomicroscopy and optical coherence tomography allow in vivo, high-resolution imaging. Moreover, they can provide real-time visualization and analysis of tissue and have the potential to offer additive diagnostic information.

Objective

This study has 2 separate primary objectives. The first is to assess the technical feasibility and safety of in vivo focal imaging with confocal lase

SUBMITTER: Swaan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5987046 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature