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ABSTRACT: Background
In over 20% of breast conserving operations, postoperative pathological assessment of the excised tissue reveals positive margins, requiring additional surgery. Current techniques for intra-operative assessment of tumor margins are insufficient in accuracy or resolution to reliably detect small tumors. There is a distinct need for a fast technique to accurately identify tumors smaller than 1 mm2 in large tissue surfaces within 30 min.Methods
Multi-modal spectral histopathology (MSH), a multimodal imaging technique combining tissue auto-fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy was used to detect microscopic residual tumor at the surface of the excised breast tissue. New algorithms were developed to optimally utilize auto-fluorescence images to guide Raman measurements and achieve the required detection accuracy over large tissue surfaces (up to 4?×?6.5 cm2). Algorithms were trained on 91 breast tissue samples from 65 patients.Results
Independent tests on 121 samples from 107 patients - including 51 fresh, whole excision specimens - detected breast carcinoma on the tissue surface with 95% sensitivity and 82% specificity. One surface of each uncut excision specimen was measured in 12-24 min. The combination of high spatial-resolution auto-fluorescence with specific diagnosis by Raman spectroscopy allows reliable detection even for invasive carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ smaller than 1 mm2.Conclusions
This study provides evidence that this multimodal approach could provide an objective tool for intra-operative assessment of breast conserving surgery margins, reducing the risk for unnecessary second operations.
SUBMITTER: Shipp DW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6038277 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shipp Dustin W DW Rakha Emad A EA Koloydenko Alexey A AA Macmillan R Douglas RD Ellis Ian O IO Notingher Ioan I
Breast cancer research : BCR 20180709 1
<h4>Background</h4>In over 20% of breast conserving operations, postoperative pathological assessment of the excised tissue reveals positive margins, requiring additional surgery. Current techniques for intra-operative assessment of tumor margins are insufficient in accuracy or resolution to reliably detect small tumors. There is a distinct need for a fast technique to accurately identify tumors smaller than 1 mm<sup>2</sup> in large tissue surfaces within 30 min.<h4>Methods</h4>Multi-modal spec ...[more]