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This article is part of the supplement: 1st Scientific Meeting of the Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics Society

Open Access Oral presentation

Diagnosis of head & neck malignancy using fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging

Christian S Betz1*, Thomas Makriniotis1, Herbert Stepp2, Waseem Jerjes3, Tahwinder Upile3, Colin Hopper3 and Andreas Leunig1

  • * Corresponding author: Christian S Betz

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Marchioninistr, Munich, Germany

2 Laser-Research Laboratory, LIFE Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Marchioninistr, Munich, Germany

3 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University College London Hospital, Mortimer Market, London, UK

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Head & Neck Oncology 2009, 1(Suppl 1):O4 doi:10.1186/1758-3284-1-S1-O4

Published: 28 July 2009

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

Upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) carcinomas continue to be the 5th most common cancer. Early diagnosis is often delayed as tumour precursors or early cancers are hardly visible and not picked up by common imaging methods. Fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging seems able to improve the detection and delimitation of these lesions.