Validation of full-field optical coherence tomography in distinguishing malignant and benign tissue in resected pancreatic cancer specimens.

BACKGROUND:Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States. The minority of patients can undergo curative-intended surgical therapy due to progressive disease stage at time of diagnosis. Nonetheless, tumor involvement of surgical margins is seen in up t...

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Main Authors: Labrinus van Manen, Paulien L Stegehuis, Arantza Fariña-Sarasqueta, Lorraine M de Haan, Jeroen Eggermont, Bert A Bonsing, Hans Morreau, Boudewijn P F Lelieveldt, Cornelis J H van de Velde, Alexander L Vahrmeijer, Jouke Dijkstra, J Sven D Mieog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5393621?pdf=render