Intra-operative spectroscopic assessment of surgical margins during breast conserving surgery

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Shipp, Dustin W., Rakha, Emad A., Koloydenko, Alexey A., Macmillan, R. Douglas, Ellis, Ian O. and Notingher, Ioan (2018) Intra-operative spectroscopic assessment of surgical margins during breast conserving surgery. Breast Cancer Research, 20 . p. 69. ISSN 1465-542X

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Abstract

Background: In over 20% of breast conserving operations, postoperative pathological assessment of the excised tissue reveals positive margins, requiring additional surgery. Current techniques for intra-operative assessment of tumor margins are insufficient in accuracy or resolution to reliably detect small tumors. There is a distinct need for a fast technique to accurately identify tumors smaller than 1 mm2 in large tissue surfaces within 30 min.

Methods: Multi-modal spectral histopathology (MSH), a multimodal imaging technique combining tissue auto-fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy was used to detect microscopic residual tumor at the surface of the excised breast tissue. New algorithms were developed to optimally utilize auto-fluorescence images to guide Raman measurements and achieve the required detection accuracy over large tissue surfaces (up to 4 × 6.5 cm2). Algorithms were trained on 91 breast tissue samples from 65 patients.

Results: Independent tests on 121 samples from 107 patients - including 51 fresh, whole excision specimens - detected breast carcinoma on the tissue surface with 95% sensitivity and 82% specificity. One surface of each uncut excision specimen was measured in 12–24 min. The combination of high spatial-resolution auto-fluorescence with specific diagnosis by Raman spectroscopy allows reliable detection even for invasive carcinoma or ductal carcinoma in situ smaller than 1 mm2.

Conclusions: This study provides evidence that this multimodal approach could provide an objective tool for intra-operative assessment of breast conserving surgery margins, reducing the risk for unnecessary second operations.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/945738
Keywords: Auto-fluorescence, Breast cancer, Raman spectroscopy, Intra-operative margin evaluation
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Cancer and Stem Cells
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Science > School of Physics and Astronomy
Identification Number: 10.1186/s13058-018-1002-2
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 10 Jul 2018 13:08
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:45
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/52855

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