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Intra-operative Detection of Positive Margins and Lymph Nodes in Breast Surgery

Recruitingn/aAges any - anyFemaleUniversity of Nottingham
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

In this project, the investigators will develop novel optical coherence tomography (OCT)-Raman spectroscopy and autofluorescence (AF)-Raman spectroscopy systems based on a selective sampling approach optimised for high-resolution analysis of whole lumpectomy specimens and sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsies, respectively. The aim of using optical coherence tomography is not to detect cancer directly, but rather to identify adipose tissue so that large adipose regions can be excluded from subsequent Raman spectroscopy measurements. Although OCT has limited ability to distinguish tumour tissue from the surrounding normal stroma, adipose tissue exhibits a distinctive appearance in optical coherence tomography images because of its low backscattering properties, resulting from adipocytes that are filled with lipids and contain small, flattened nuclei. In contrast, benign dense tissue (stroma

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๐Ÿ“‹ Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion criteria * Patients undergoing breast surgery wide local excision (WLE). * Able to give informed consent. * Any age. Exclusion criteria โ€ข Patients where there is any doubt regarding the diagnosis from pathologist as ascertained by previous diagnostic biopsy.
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What it tests

  • OCT-Raman
  • AF-Raman
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Where

1 site
Nottingham university hospitals
Nottingham, United Kingdom
๐Ÿค Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible โ€” always decide together with your own doctor.
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