The Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0647, USA.
Nat Rev Cancer. 2013 Sep;13(9):653-62. doi: 10.1038/nrc3566. Epub 2013 Aug 8.
A glowing new era in cancer surgery may be dawning. Using fluorescently labelled markers, surgical molecular navigation means that tumours and nerves can be displayed in real time intra-operatively in contrasting pseudocolours, which allows more complete tumour resection while preserving important structures. These advances can potentially cause a paradigm shift in cancer surgery, improving patient outcome and decreasing overall health-care costs.
癌症手术领域可能迎来一个崭新的发光时代。通过荧光标记物,手术分子导航技术能够在术中实时以不同伪彩显示肿瘤和神经,从而在保留重要结构的同时实现更彻底的肿瘤切除。这些进展可能会彻底改变癌症手术模式,改善患者预后并降低整体医疗成本。