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SUBMITTER: Daniel KD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2738970 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Daniel Karen D KD Kim Grace Y GY Vassiliou Christophoros C CC Galindo Marilyn M Guimaraes Alexander R AR Weissleder Ralph R Charest Al A Langer Robert R Cima Michael J MJ
Biosensors & bioelectronics 20090416 11
Biopsies provide required information to diagnose cancer but, because of their invasiveness, they are difficult to use for managing cancer therapy. The ability to repeatedly sample the local environment for tumor biomarker, chemotherapeutic agent, and tumor metabolite concentrations could improve early detection of metastasis and personalized therapy. Here we describe an implantable diagnostic device that senses the local in vivo environment. This device, which could be left behind during biopsy ...[more]