Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Fluorescence imaging using 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) was performed in one case with hypopharyngeal cancer and 2 cases with tongue cancer with ultrasensitive digital camera mounted tailor-made LED light source, though, the imaging did not detect significant signal. Because tumor differentiation presumably affected the unfavorable results, the case with poor differentiated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) came to prospective objective. However, there was no candidate meeting conditions. Thus, the fluorescence imaging using ALA might be unpractical at least in the case with differentiated SCC which fills majority of head and neck cancer.
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