Breast Cancer Imaging Using the Near-Infrared Fluorescent Agent, CLR1502

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Title: Breast Cancer Imaging Using the Near-Infrared Fluorescent Agent, CLR1502
Authors: Melissa L. Korb, Jason M. Warram, Joseph Grudzinski, Jamey Weichert, Justin Jeffery, Eben L. Rosenthal
Source: Molecular Imaging, Vol 14 (2015)
Publisher Information: SAGE Publishing, 2015.
Publication Year: 2015
Collection: LCC:Biology (General)
LCC:Medical technology
Subject Terms: Biology (General), QH301-705.5, Medical technology, R855-855.5
More Details: Positive margins after breast conservation surgery represent a significant problem in the treatment of breast cancer. The near-infrared fluorescence agent CLR1502 (Cellectar Biosciences, Madison, WI) was studied in a preclinical breast cancer model to determine imaging properties and ability to detect small islands of malignancy. Nude mice bearing human breast cancer flank xenografts were given a systemic injection of CLR1502, and imaging was performed using LUNA (Novadaq Technologies Inc., Richmond, BC) and Pearl Impulse (LI-COR Biosciences, Lincoln, NE) devices. Normal tissues were examined for fluorescence signal, and conventional and fluorescence histology was performed using the Odyssey scanner. Peak tumor to background ratio occurred 2 days after injection with CLR1502. The smallest amount of tumor that was imaged and detected using these devices was 1.9 mg, equivalent to 1.9 × 10 6 cells. The highest fluorescence signal was seen in tumor and normal lymph node tissue, and the lowest fluorescence signal was seen in muscle and plasma. Human breast cancer tumors can be imaged in vivo with multiple optical imaging platforms using CLR1502. This pilot study supports further investigations of this fluorescent agent for improving surgical resection of malignancies, with the goal of eventual clinical translation.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1536-0121
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1536-0121
DOI: 10.2310/7290.2014.00040
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/a21523e6c27d4633a35d737d6ecee906
Accession Number: edsdoj.21523e6c27d4633a35d737d6ecee906
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:15360121
DOI:10.2310/7290.2014.00040
Published in:Molecular Imaging
Language:English