Portable Probes Hunt Down Cancer Cells During Surgery, University Hospital of Lausanne Study Reveals
Light, wireless probes the size of a large pen have been developed to identify cancer cells and suspicious lymph nodes during surgery. The probes, which EPFL helped develop, are now being tested by surgeons at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) and across Europe.
When surgeons remove a malignant tumor, they have to be sure to get all the cancer cells.
When surgeons remove a malignant tumor, they have to be sure to get all the cancer cells.