title: Discrimination of lymph node metastases using desorption electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry imaging.
abstract: Desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry imaging (DESI-MSI) has been used for the identification of cancer within lymph nodes with accurate spatial distribution in comparison to gold standard matched immuno-histopathological images. The metabolic profile of the cancerous lymph nodes was similar to that of the primary tumour site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, 10th Floor QEQM Wing, St Mary's Hospital, London, W2 1NY, UK. g.hanna@imperial.ac.uk z.takats@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abbassi-Ghadi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Veselkov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Strittmatter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goldin
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Takáts
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hanna
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology