Advanced forms of mucosal imaging are poised to replace sampling biopsies, a recent study has concluded.
Compared with the Seattle protocol of random biopsies, volume laser endomicroscopy (VLE) with laser marking substantially increased findings of dysplasia, particularly neoplasia defined as high-grade dysplasia or intramucosal carcinoma (HGD/IMCA), according to investigator Mohammad Alshelleh, MD, a GI fellow at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, in Hempstead, N.Y.
In data that Dr. Alshelleh