论文标题:Implementation and benchmarking of a novel analytical framework to clinically evaluate tumor-specific fluorescent tracers
期刊:Nature Communications
作者:Marjory Koller, Si-Qi Qiu, Matthijs D. Linssen, Liesbeth Jansen, Wendy Kelder, Jakob de Vries, Inge Kruithof, Guo-Jun Zhang, Dominic J. Robinson, Wouter B. Nagengast, Annelies Jorritsma-Smit, Bert van der Vegt Gooitzen M. van Dam
《自然-通讯》发表的一项小型临床试验研究Implementation and benchmarking of a novel analytical framework to clinically evaluate tumor-specific fluorescent tracers报道了一种评估荧光示踪剂用于确定乳腺癌手术期间肿瘤边缘的方法。试验结果表明,荧光示踪剂bavacizumab-800CW是安全的,它可以显著改进乳腺癌患者肿瘤边缘的检测。
摘要:During the last decade, the emerging field of molecular fluorescence imaging has led to the development of tumor-specific fluorescent tracers and an increase in early-phase clinical trials without having consensus on a standard methodology for evaluating an optical tracer. By combining multiple complementary state-of-the-art clinical optical imaging techniques, we propose a novel analytical framework for the clinical translation and evaluation of tumor-targeted fluorescent tracers for molecular fluorescence imaging which can be used for a range of tumor types and with different optical tracers. Here we report the implementation of this analytical framework and demonstrate the tumor-specific targeting of escalating doses of the near-infrared fluorescent tracer bevacizumab-800CW on a macroscopic and microscopic level. We subsequently demonstrate an 88% increase in the intraoperative detection rate of tumor-involved margins in primary breast cancer patients, indicating the clinical feasibility and support of future studies to evaluate the definitive clinical impact of fluorescence-guided surgery.
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