Natural fluorescence spectroscopy of human blood plasma in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer: Feasibility study and preliminary results

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Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 567-571

  Lualdi, Manuela ^a   Colombo, Ambrogio ^a   Leo, Ermanno ^a   Morelli, Daniele ^a   Vannelli, Alberto ^a   Battaglia, Luigi ^a   Poiasina, Elia ^a   Marchesini, Renato ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Colorectal tumors; Endogenous porphyrins; Fluorescence; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; PORPHYRIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; RELAPSE; ROC CURVE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EID: 38549155538     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160709300609     Document Type: Article

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