Location-specific diagnostic efficiency of photodynamic diagnosis-guided biopsy in bladder mapping biopsies.
Yuki NakamuraYudai IshikawaMasaki KobayashiMotohiro FujiwaraBo FanShohei FukudaYuma WasedaHajime TanakaSoichiro YoshidaYasuhisa FujiiPublished in: International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association (2024)
This study first demonstrated the detection rate of location-specific mapping biopsies using PDD, revealing difficulties in accuracy assessment in areas susceptible to tangential fluorescence. While PDD-guided biopsy improves cancer detection compared to WL cystoscopy even for flat tumors or normal-looking lesions, more careful decisions, including mapping biopsies, may be beneficial for an assessment in these tangential areas.