Fluorescence imaging of invasive head and neck carcinoma cells with integrin αvβ6-targeting RGD-peptides: an approach to a fluorescence-assisted intraoperative cytological assessment of bony resection margins

We assessed the use of peptides containing arginylglycylaspartic acid (RGD) that target integrin αvβ6 as a potential approach for a fluorescence-assisted intraoperative cytological assessment of bony resection margins (F-AICAB) in patients who had bone-infiltrating squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck. This was assessed to demarcate invasive carcinoma cells that stained for αvβ6. Specimens from bony resection margins (n=362) were defined as either malignant or benign according to the results of cytological and histological examinations.

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