Acridine Orange: A Review of Novel Applications for Surgical Cancer Imaging and Therapy

Introduction: Acridine orange (AO) was first extracted from coal tar in the late nineteenth century and was used as a fluorescent dye. In this paper, we review emergent research about novel applications of AO for fluorescence surgery and cancer therapy.Materials and methods: We performed a systemati...

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Main Authors: Vadim A. Byvaltsev, Liudmila A. Bardonova, Naomi R. Onaka, Roman A. Polkin, Sergey V. Ochkal, Valerij V. Shepelev, Marat A. Aliyev, Alexander A. Potapov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.00925/full