Evaluation of a smart electrosurgical knife: assessing the feasibility of tumour detection with Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy in breast conserving surgery

Every year, 1.7 million woman are diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide. Breast Conserving Surgery (BCS) – where not the whole breast but only the tumour is dissected – is the most common and preferable treatment for these woman. However, 20 to 55% of the patients’ needs a second surgery because of positive margins. A dissected tumour has a...