TY - GEN
T1 - Polarization Spectroscopy of Early Increase in Blood Supply in Predysplastic Stages of Colon Carcinogenesis
AU - Kim, Young
AU - Liu, Yang
AU - Wali, Ramesh
AU - Roy, Hemant
AU - Goldberg, Michael
AU - Turzhitsky, Vladimir
AU - Backman, Vadim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 Optical Society of America
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - We used polarization spectroscopy to investigated changes in subepithelial blood supply in the initial stages of colon carcinogenesis. We observed, for the first time, a profound early increase in subepithelial blood supply (EIBS) at a time point that precedes the development of adenomas as well as any other currently available markers of colon cancer. Although it has been previously established that later-stage lesions (e.g. at the adenoma-carcinoma stage) have increased blood supply, ours were the first data to show such early aberrations of blood supply in early predysplastic stages of colon carcinogenesis. Therefore, optically detectable EIBS may potentially be used for diagnosis of previously undetectable stages of colonic neoplasia and may provide further insights into the pathophysiology of the earliest stages of colon carcinogenesis.
AB - We used polarization spectroscopy to investigated changes in subepithelial blood supply in the initial stages of colon carcinogenesis. We observed, for the first time, a profound early increase in subepithelial blood supply (EIBS) at a time point that precedes the development of adenomas as well as any other currently available markers of colon cancer. Although it has been previously established that later-stage lesions (e.g. at the adenoma-carcinoma stage) have increased blood supply, ours were the first data to show such early aberrations of blood supply in early predysplastic stages of colon carcinogenesis. Therefore, optically detectable EIBS may potentially be used for diagnosis of previously undetectable stages of colonic neoplasia and may provide further insights into the pathophysiology of the earliest stages of colon carcinogenesis.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85134613551
T3 - Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
BT - Biomedical Topical Meeting, BIOMED 2004
PB - Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
T2 - Biomedical Topical Meeting, BIOMED 2004
Y2 - 14 April 2004 through 17 April 2004
ER -