Fluorescence-guided surgery with live molecular navigation--a new cutting edge.
A glowing new era in cancer surgery may be dawning. Using fluorescently labelled markers, surgical molecular navigation means that tumours and nerves can be displayed in real time intra-operatively in contrasting pseudocolours, which allows more complete tumour resection while preserving important structures. These advances can potentially cause a paradigm shift in cancer surgery, improving patient outcome and decreasing overall health-care costs.
The Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0647, USA. q1nguyen@ucsd.edu
Quyen T
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Nguyen
Roger Y
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Tsien
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