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Geldof, Freija (author), Jong, Lynn-Jade (author), Dashtbozorg, Behdad (author), Hendriks, B.H.W. (author), Sterenborg, Henricus J.C.M. (author), Ruers, Theo J.M. (author)Establishing adequate resection margins during colorectal cancer surgery is challenging. Currently, in up to 30% of the cases the tumor is not completely removed, which emphasizes the lack of a real-time tissue discrimination tool that can assess resection margins up to multiple millimeters in depth. Therefore, we propose to combine spectral...conference paper 2021
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Baltussen, E. J.M. (author), Brouwer de Koning, S. G. (author), Sanders, J. (author), Aalbers, A.G.J. (author), Kok, N. F.M. (author), Beets, G. L. (author), Hendriks, B.H.W. (author), Sterenborg, H. J.C.M. (author), Kuhlmann, K. F.D. (author), Ruers, T. J.M. (author)Background: In colorectal cancer surgery there is a delicate balance between complete removal of the tumor and sparing as much healthy tissue as possible. Especially in rectal cancer, intraoperative tissue recognition could be of great benefit in preventing positive resection margins and sparing as much healthy tissue as possible. To better...journal article 2019