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New Cancer Research Findings from University of California Published
Published in Cancer Weekly, November 22nd, 2011
2011 NOV 22 -- A new study, "Breast cancer spatial heterogeneity in near-infrared spectra and the prediction of neoadjuvant chemotherapy response," is now available. "We describe an algorithm to calculate an index that characterizes spatial differences in broadband near-infrared [(NIR), 650-1000 nm] absorption spectra of tumor-containing breast tissue. Patient-specific tumor spatial heterogeneities are visualized through a heterogeneity spectrum function (HS)," scientists writing in the Journal of Biomedical Optics report.
"HS is a biomarker that can be attributed to different molecular distributions within the tumor. To classify lesion...
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