Laser-induced fluorescence detection of stomach cancer using hypericin

Sergiy M. Dets; Alexander N. Buryi; Ivan S. Melnik; Alexander Y. Joffe; Tatyana V. Rusina

doi:10.1117/12.260819

6 December 1996 Laser-induced fluorescence detection of stomach cancer using hypericin

Sergiy M. Dets, Alexander N. Buryi, Ivan S. Melnik, Alexander Y. Joffe, Tatyana V. Rusina

Proceedings Volume 2926, Optical Biopsies and Microscopic Techniques; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.260819
Event: BiOS Europe '96, 1996, Vienna, Austria

Abstract

Natural photodynamic pigment hypericin having intrinsic antitumor properties was applied for fluorescence detection of cancer. Clinical investigation of hypericin was performed to ensure high tumor/normal fluorescence contrast in digestion organs. Laser-induced autofluorescence and exogenous fluorescence analysis of normal tissue and stomach adenocarcinoma was performed using helium-cadmium laser (8 mW, 442 nm). Twenty-one patients have undergone procedure of fluorescence detection of tumors before and after photosensitization. For sensitization of patients we used five or seven capsules containing hypericin in amount of 1 mg which have been administered orally. Strong yellow-red fluorescence of hypericin in tissue with maximum at 603 nm and autofluorescence peak at 535 nm gives an intensity ratio I(603 nm)/I(535 nm) of 2 - 2.5 from cancerous tissue and provides 85% specificity. Preliminary in vivo results of auto- and fluorescence analysis using hypericin photosensitization from one patient with esophageal cancer and eleven patients with stomach cancer proven histologically are encouraging and indicate the high reliability of laser-induced fluorescence technique with hypericin in detection of early stage malignant lesions.

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Sergiy M. Dets, Alexander N. Buryi, Ivan S. Melnik, Alexander Y. Joffe, and Tatyana V. Rusina "Laser-induced fluorescence detection of stomach cancer using hypericin", Proc. SPIE 2926, Optical Biopsies and Microscopic Techniques, (6 December 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.260819

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