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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nguyen, Quyen T
• Tsien, Roger Y

Titel

Fluorescence-guided surgery with live molecular navigation--a new cutting edge

Ist Teil von

• Nature reviews. Cancer, 2013-09, Vol.13 (9), p.653

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.