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Real-time, intraoperative detection of residual breast cancer in lumpectomy cavity walls using a novel cathepsin-activated fluorescent imaging system.

Barbara L SmithMichele A GaddConor R LanahanUpahvan RaiRong TangTravis Rice-StittAndrea L MerrillDavid B StrasfeldJorge M FerrerElena F BrachtelMichelle C Specht
Published in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2018)
The LUM Imaging System allows rapid identification of residual tumor in the lumpectomy cavity of breast cancer patients and may reduce rates of positive margins.
Keyphrases
  • high resolution
  • loop mediated isothermal amplification
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  • quantum dots
  • fluorescence imaging
  • photodynamic therapy
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  • bioinformatics analysis