Clinical evaluation of smartphone-based fluorescence imaging for guidance and monitoring of ALA-PDT treatment of early oral cancer.

Autor: Khan S; Aligarh Muslim University, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Department of Radiotherapy, Aligarh, India.; University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States., Hussain MAB; Aligarh Muslim University, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Department of Radiotherapy, Aligarh, India., Khan AP; Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States., Liu H; University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States., Siddiqui S; Aligarh Muslim University, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Aligarh, India., Mallidi S; Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States., Leon P; University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States., Daly L; University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States., Rudd G; University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States., Cuckov F; University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States., Hopper C; University College London, London, England, United Kingdom., Bown SG; University College London, London, England, United Kingdom., Akhtar K; Aligarh Muslim University, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Department of Pathology, Aligarh, India., Hasan SA; Aligarh Muslim University, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Department of Otorhinolaryngology (E.N., India., Siddiqui SA; Aligarh Muslim University, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Department of Radiotherapy, Aligarh, India., Hasan T; Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States., Celli JP; University of Massachusetts at Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of biomedical optics [J Biomed Opt] 2020 Apr; Vol. 25 (6), pp. 1-10.
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.25.6.063813
Abstrakt: Significance: India has one of the highest rates of oral cancer incidence in the world, accounting for 30% of reported cancers. In rural areas, a lack of adequate medical infrastructure contributes to unchecked disease progression and dismal mortality rates. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as an effective modality with potential for treating early stage disease in resource-limited settings, while photosensitizer fluorescence can be leveraged for treatment guidance.
Aim: Our aim was to assess the capability of a simple smartphone-based device for imaging 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)-induced protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) fluorescence for treatment guidance and monitoring as part of an ongoing clinical study evaluating low-cost technology for ALA-based PDT treatment of early oral cancer.
Approach: A total of 29 subjects with <2  cm diameter moderately/well-differentiated microinvasive (  <  5  mm depth) oral squamous cell carcinoma lesions (33 lesions total, mean area ∼1.23  cm2) were administered 60  mg  /  kg ALA in oral solution and imaged before and after delivery of 100  J  /  cm2 total light dose to the lesion surface. Smartphone-based fluorescence and white light (WL) images were analyzed and compared with ultrasound (US) imaging of the same lesions.
Results: We present a comparative analysis of pre- and post-treatment fluorescence, WL, and US images of oral lesions. There was no significant difference in the distribution of lesion widths measured by fluorescence and US (mean widths of 14.5 and 15.3 mm, respectively) and linear regression shows good agreement (R2  =  0.91). In general, PpIX fluorescence images obtained prior to therapeutic light delivery are able to resolve lesion margins while dramatic photobleaching (∼42  %  ) is visible post-treatment. Segmentation of the photobleached area confirms the boundaries of the irradiated zone.
Conclusions: A simple smartphone-based approach for imaging oral lesions is shown to agree in most cases with US, suggesting that this approach may be a useful tool to aid in PDT treatment guidance and monitoring photobleaching as part of a low-cost platform for intraoral PDT.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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