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SUBMITTER: Davis RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6202635 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davis Ryan M RM Kiss Bernhard B Trivedi Dharati R DR Metzner Thomas J TJ Liao Joseph C JC Gambhir Sanjiv S SS
ACS nano 20180911 10
Bladder cancer has the highest recurrence rate of all cancers due in part to inadequate transurethral resection. Inadequate resection is caused by the inability of cystoscopes to detect invisible lesions during the resection procedure. To improve detection and resection of nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer, we quantified the ability of a surface-enhanced Raman nanoparticle and endoscope system to classify bladder tissue as normal or cancerous. Both antibody-based (active) and tissue permeability ...[more]