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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 93, Issue 4, Pages 2053-2061Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c03778
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- Academic Research Fund (AcRF) Tier 1 [WBS R-397-000-326-114, WBS R-397-000-334-114]
- Ministry of Education (MOE)
- National Medical Research Council (NMRC) [NMRC/TCR/016-NNI/2016]
- National Research Foundation (NRF) Synthetic Biology Program, Singapore [SBP-P5, WBS-397-000-323-592]
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This study applies fiberoptic Raman endoscopy to conduct follow-up surveys and accurate detection of tumor recurrence in post-treatment NPC patients. The Raman endoscopy shows significant spectral differences among normal tissue, NPC, and nonrecurring post-treatment patients, with high diagnostic accuracy for distinguishing recurrent NPC from post-treatment inflammation and fibrosis. This work demonstrates the clinical potential of fiberoptic Raman endoscopy as a powerful diagnostic tool for post-treatment surveying and recurrent tumor detection at the molecular level.
Recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the main cause of poor prognosis for NPC patients after chemo- and radiotherapies. Subsequent long-term follow-ups of post-treatment patients are crucial for the early discovery of tumor recurrence with timely intervention. Current clinical imaging methods based on tissue morphology encounter difficulties in differentiating recurrent tumors from post-treatment inflammation and fibrosis. In this work, we apply a unique fiberoptic Raman endoscopy technique to address the challenges for label-free follow-up surveying of post-treatment NPC patients and accurate detection of tumor recurrence. Significant Raman spectral differences can be observed among normal, NPC, and nonrecurring post-treatment patients. Raman endoscopy provides diagnostic accuracy of 100% for detecting recurrent NPC from early post-treatment inflammation and diagnostic accuracy of 98.21% for separating recurrent NPC from long-term post-treatment fibrosis. Further quantitative Raman modeling on in vivo nasopharyngeal tissue Raman data acquired unveils the changes of major tissue biochemicals (e.g., triolein, elastin, keratin, fibrilar collagen, and type IV collagen) associated with primary NPC and post-treatment recurrent NPC tissue compared to normal nasopharyngeal tissue. This work demonstrates that fiberoptic Raman endoscopy can be a clinically powerful diagnostic tool for rapid, label-free post-treatment surveying and recurrent tumor detection in NPC patients at the molecular level.
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