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Tissue-simulating Phantoms for Assessing Potential Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging Applications in Breast Cancer Surgery
Published on: September 19, 2014
Glowing tumors make for better detection and resection
Michael Bouvet1, Robert M Hoffman
1Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. mbouvet@ucsd.edu
Science Translational Medicine
|November 26, 2011
Abstract:
Tumor-specific fluorescent probes that can be administered topically make tumors glow selectively and thus have great potential for improving cancer detection and removal.

