Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) members Viktor Gruev and Dr. Claudius Conrad recently appeared on WCIA to discuss new imaging technology developed in Gruev’s lab to detect cancer in lymph nodes using ultraviolet and infrared cameras. The cameras were 97% effective at identifying cancerous lymph nodes in a recent clinical study, which used the cameras during more than 30 cancer patients’ surgeries, according to Gruev. They were 89% effective at identifying non-cancerous lymph nodes. Dr. Conrad said the fast, easy-to-use cameras will prevent doctors from removing non-cancerous tissue and help surgeons like him make quick decisions. “It was the future coming alive in our operating room,” said Conrad.
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