Implementation and benchmarking of a novel analytical framework to clinically evaluate tumor-specific fluorescent tracers

Fluorescent tracers are being tested in clinical trials to improve detection of tumor margins, but procedures are not standardised. Here, the authors develop an analytical framework that is compatible with the workflow in the operating theatre, and show that it leads to an 88% increase in intraopera...

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Main Authors: Marjory Koller, Si-Qi Qiu, Matthijs D. Linssen, Liesbeth Jansen, Wendy Kelder, Jakob de Vries, Inge Kruithof, Guo-Jun Zhang, Dominic J. Robinson, Wouter B. Nagengast, Annelies Jorritsma-Smit, Bert van der Vegt, Gooitzen M. van Dam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05727-y