Optical imaging in lung cancer-follow the light, towards molecular imaging-guided precision surgery

Cristiano Pini^{1

2}, Maria Picchio^{3

4}, Paola Mapelli^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy. c.pini5@campus.unimib.it.
² Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. c.pini5@campus.unimib.it.
³ Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

Editorial

Cristiano Pini et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;50(8):2244-2245.

doi: 10.1007/s00259-023-06267-4.

Cristiano Pini^{1

2}, Maria Picchio^{3

4}, Paola Mapelli^{3

4}

¹ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy. c.pini5@campus.unimib.it.
² Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. c.pini5@campus.unimib.it.
³ Nuclear Medicine Department, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

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Prospective validation of tumor folate receptor expression density with the association of pafolacianine fluorescence during intraoperative molecular imaging-guided lung cancer resections.
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