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

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5862, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-7

  Smith, Jenny ^a   Kendall, Catherine ^a   Sammon, Alastair M ^a   Christie Brown, Jonathan ^a   Mandalia, Trupti ^a   Stone, Nicholas ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

59 LYMPH NODE SECTIONS; BREAST CANCER; NODE SPECTRA;

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 28844458007     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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