Patient-reported outcomes of blue-light flexible cystoscopy with hexaminolevulinate in the surveillance of bladder cancer: results from a prospective multicentre study.
Angela B SmithSiamak DaneshmandSanjay PatelKamal PoharEdouard TrabulsiMichael WoodsTracy DownsWilliam HuangJennifer TaylorJeffrey JonesMichael O'DonnellTrinity BivalacquaJoel DeCastroGary SteinbergAshish KamatMatthew ResnickBadrinath KonetyMark SchoenbergJ Stephen JonesYair Lotannull nullPublished in: BJU international (2018)
Anxiety decreased after BLFC in patients with negative pathology, including patients with false-positive results. Most of the patients undergoing BLFC were willing to pay out of pocket, found the procedure worthwhile and would recommend it to others, irrespective of whether they had a positive BLFC result or whether this was false-positive after surgery.