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Multicolor Fluorescence Guided Surgery For Head And Neck Cancer, Dani Szafran-Reeder Jun 2022

Multicolor Fluorescence Guided Surgery For Head And Neck Cancer, Dani Szafran-Reeder

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This project aims to take a novel, NIR nerve-specific fluorophore LGW05-75⁴ and test its compatibility with a tumor-targeting affibody molecule, ABY-029⁶ that has been labeled with IRDye800CW. The overall goal is to show that these two molecules can be co-administered to show the nerves and tumor cells in real-time to better assist surgeons in a full resection while avoiding iatrogenic nerve damage.

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