Vibrational spectroscopy: a clinical tool for cancer diagnostics.
Vibrational spectroscopy techniques have demonstrated potential to provide non-destructive, rapid, clinically relevant diagnostic information. Early detection is the most important factor in the prevention of cancer. Raman and infrared spectroscopy enable the biochemical signatures from biological tissues to be extracted and analysed. In conjunction with advanced chemometrics such measurements can contribute to the diagnostic assessment of biological material. This paper also illustrates the complementary advantage of using Raman and FTIR spectroscopy technologies together. Clinical requirements are increasingly met by technological developments which show promise to become a clinical reality. This review summarises recent advances in vibrational spectroscopy and their impact on the diagnosis of cancer.
Kendall
Catherine
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Biophotonics Research Unit, Leadon House, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Gloucester, UK GL1 3NN.
Isabelle
Martin
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Bazant-Hegemark
Florian
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Hutchings
Joanne
J
Orr
Linda
L
Babrah
Jaspreet
J
Baker
Rebecca
R
Stone
Nicholas
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D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D014732:Vibration