Intraoperative intravital microscopy permits the study of human tumour vessels

Intravital microscopy has been used in laboratory animals to visualise the blood vessels in tumours. Here, the authors use this technique in melanoma patients undergoing surgery and show that vessels in situhave a larger diameter than excised tissue

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Daniel T. Fisher, Jason B. Muhitch, Minhyung Kim, Kurt C. Doyen, Paul N. Bogner, Sharon S. Evans, Joseph J. Skitzki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10684