Colleagues from the USA1 carried out a trial in which 83 patients with early stage HNSCC who were all scheduled to undergo neck dissection were injected with
the novel tracer, tilmanocept.
Now a team of researchers has been able to identify accurately the sentinel node (SN) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) using
a novel tracer; a challenging task because there are up to 150 different lymph nodes in the neck, and the differentiation of true SNs from secondary nodes is difficult.
Not exact matches
The researchers designed and synthesized a
novel small molecule PET
tracer, 18F - MPG, with high specificity to activating EGFR mutant kinase.
Researchers from the University of Southampton and Marine Institute, Ireland used
novel biochemical
tracers to piece together the diets of deep - water fish revealing their role in transferring carbon to the ocean depths.
«First human application of
novel PET
tracer for prostate cancer: New
tracer holds promise of monitoring targeted treatment of various cancers.»
Meg Gardiner's new
novel, The Shadow
Tracer, is an explosive thriller about Sarah Keller, a single mom and a skip
tracer.