title: Spectral detection of micro-metastases in lymph node histo-pathology.
abstract: The first detection of breast cancer micrometastases in lymph nodes by infrared spectral imaging and methods of multivariate analysis is reported. Micrometastases are indicators of early spread of cancer from the organ originally affected by disease, and their detection is of prime importance for the staging and treatment of cancer. Infrared spectral imaging, at a spatial resolution of ca. 10-12 mum, can detect small metastases down to the level of a few cancerous cells. The results presented here add to a rapidly growing database of infrared spectral imaging results for cancer diagnostics.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Spectral Diagnosis, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Laver
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diem