Fibre-optic device can detect stray cancer cells, improve tumour removal: study
A fibre-optic probe developed by Montreal researchers is used to detect stray cancer cells within normal tissue during brain tumour-removal surgery.
Polytechnique Montreal/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press, June 28, 2017
A fibre-optic probe can detect errant cancer cells within healthy tissue during brain tumour surgery with close to 100 per cent accuracy and sensitivity, reducing the risk of recurrence and thereby increasing a patient's survival time, say the Canadian researchers who developed the device.