Raman spectroscopy is sensitive and specific in the detection of lymph node metastases in breast cancer

Jenny Smith; Catherine Kendall; Alastair M. Sammon; Jonathan Christie-Brown; Trupti Mandalia; Nicholas Stone

doi:10.1117/12.633004

7 October 2005 Raman spectroscopy is sensitive and specific in the detection of lymph node metastases in breast cancer

Jenny Smith, Catherine Kendall, Alastair M. Sammon, Jonathan Christie-Brown, Trupti Mandalia, Nicholas Stone

Proceedings Volume 5862, Diagnostic Optical Spectroscopy in Biomedicine III; 586202 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633004
Event: European Conferences on Biomedical Optics 2005, 2005, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Abstract: laboratory Raman spectroscopy was performed on 59 lymph node sections from breast cancer patients, demonstrating 91% sensitivity and 93% specificity for the correct classification of positive node spectra in a model.

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Jenny Smith, Catherine Kendall, Alastair M. Sammon, Jonathan Christie-Brown, Trupti Mandalia, and Nicholas Stone "Raman spectroscopy is sensitive and specific in the detection of lymph node metastases in breast cancer", Proc. SPIE 5862, Diagnostic Optical Spectroscopy in Biomedicine III, 586202 (7 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.633004

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