Emerging Alternatives May Lead to End of Biopsies

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1. “ For cancers of the colon or lung, the standard now is to look at the organ with a lighted scope, then take a sample of tissue. ”

   By Joseph M. Schmitt

Entities Mentioned

• LightLab Imaging
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Joseph M. Schmitt
• National Cancer Institute
• Craig Kelley
• Drexel University

1. Lightlab's "optical coherence tomography," pioneered at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, uses an ultrathin fiber-optic cable to deliver infrared light ... (Read Full Article)

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