TY - JOUR AU - Shipp, Dustin W. AU - Rakha, Emad A. AU - Koloydenko, Alexey A. AU - Macmillan, R. Douglas AU - Ellis, Ian O. AU - Notingher, Ioan PY - 2018 DA - 2018/07/09 TI - Intra-operative spectroscopic assessment of surgical margins during breast conserving surgery JO - Breast Cancer Research SP - 69 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - In over 20% of breast conserving operations, postoperative pathological assessment of the excised tissue reveals positive margins, requiring additional surgery. Current techniques for intra-operative assessment of tumor margins are insufficient in accuracy or resolution to reliably detect small tumors. There is a distinct need for a fast technique to accurately identify tumors smaller than 1 mm2 in large tissue surfaces within 30 min. SN - 1465-542X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-018-1002-2 DO - 10.1186/s13058-018-1002-2 ID - Shipp2018 ER -