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SUBMITTER: Newton AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6146026 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Newton Andrew D AD Predina Jarrod D JD Nie Shuming S Low Philip S PS Singhal Sunil S
Journal of surgical oncology 20180811 2
Intraoperative fluorescence imaging (IFI) can improve real-time identification of cancer cells during an operation. Phase I clinical trials in thoracic surgery have demonstrated that IFI with second window indocyanine green (TumorGlow<sup>®</sup> ) can identify subcentimeter pulmonary nodules, anterior mediastinal masses, and mesothelioma, while the use of a folate receptor-targeted near-infrared agent, OTL38, can improve the specificity for diagnosing tumors with folate receptor expression. Her ...[more]