In recent decades, various classes of nanoparticles have been developed for optical
imaging of cancers. Many of these nanoparticles are designed to specifically target tumor …

The dismal prognosis of patients with malignant brain tumors such as glioblastoma
multiforme (GBM) is attributed mostly to their diffuse growth pattern and early microscopic …

Nanomedicine in oncology has not had the success in clinical impact that was anticipated in
the early stages of the field's development. Ideally, nanomedicines selectively accumulate in …

Rationale: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a well-established minimally invasive
staging procedure that maps the spread of tumour metastases from their primary site to the …

Optical medical imaging techniques in general exhibit outstanding resolution and molecule-
specific contrast. They come however with a limited penetration in depth and small field of …

Oral cancer patients undergo diagnostic surgeries to detect occult lymph node metastases
missed by preoperative structural imaging techniques. Reducing these invasive procedures …

Fluorescence imaging is an emerging imaging technique that has shown many benefits for
clinical care. Currently, the field is in rapid clinical translation, and an unprecedented …

There is a need for intraoperative imaging technologies to guide breast‐conserving
surgeries and to reduce the high rates of re‐excision for patients in which residual tumor is …

Purpose The goal of fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS) in oncology is to improve the
surgical therapeutic index by enhancing contrast between cancerous and healthy tissues …

The last few years have witnessed an increasing interest in using metal-organic frameworks
(MOFs), a newly emerging class of highly porous nanomaterials. Countless studies have …