Intra-operative Assessment of Breast Tumor Margins Using Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy

<p>Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death every year in the United States for women. Breast conserving surgery (BCS) is one treatment option for these patients where achieving tumor-free surgical margins is desired to avoid local recurrence [1, 2]. Unfortunately, as many as 17.7...

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Main Author: Bydlon, Torre Michelle
Other Authors: Ramanujam, Nirmala
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10161/5463