Photodynamic Diagnosis-Assisted Transurethral Resection - Lights Out?
rct · Level II
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Abstract
In a randomized trial and accompanying cost-effectiveness analysis, conducted in people with suspected urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, Heer at al.<sup>1</sup> in this issue of <i>NEJM Evidence</i> compare transurethral resection aided by intravesical installation of a photosensitizer with the same procedure guided by standard white light. The study's main finding was that the photosensitizer-based approach was not associated with a reduction of time to recurrence of tumor. Moreover, patients undergoing the photosensitizer-based procedure had only a small absolute risk reduction (3.8 percentage points; 95% confidence interval [CI], -13.4 to 6.6) of tumor recurrence in the trial time frame.
Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma, Transitional Cell
- Urinary Bladder Neoplasms