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Review
. 2009 Feb;20(1):119-31.
doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2009.02.004. Epub 2009 Mar 4.

Advances in quantitative UV-visible spectroscopy for clinical and pre-clinical application in cancer

J Quincy Brown  1 , Karthik Vishwanath, Gregory M Palmer, Nirmala Ramanujam
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Review

Advances in quantitative UV-visible spectroscopy for clinical and pre-clinical application in cancer

J Quincy Brown et al. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2009 Feb.

Abstract

Methods of optical spectroscopy that provide quantitative, physically or physiologically meaningful measures of tissue properties are an attractive tool for the study, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of various cancers. Recent development of methodologies to convert measured reflectance and fluorescence spectra from tissue to cancer-relevant parameters such as vascular volume, oxygenation, extracellular matrix extent, metabolic redox states, and cellular proliferation have significantly advanced the field of tissue optical spectroscopy. The number of publications reporting quantitative tissue spectroscopy results in the UV-visible wavelength range has increased sharply in the past three years, and includes new and emerging studies that correlate optically measured parameters with independent measures such as immunohistochemistry, which should aid in increased clinical acceptance of these technologies.

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