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A study of 5-ALA in bowel cancer surgery (GLiSten)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Colon cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Other

Details

This study was done to see if a substance called 5-ALA and a special light could help surgeons see lymph nodes that contain bowel cancer cells.

Recruitment start: 1 October 2013

Recruitment end: 30 June 2015

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor David Jayne

Supported by

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NIHR Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme

St James's University Hospital

University of Leeds

Last reviewed: 24 April 2019

CRUK internal database number: 10821

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