TABLE 2

Fluorescence Findings in Excised Tissue

ParameterData
Fluorescent spots on tissue section with tumor tissue (n)62
Fluorescence signal outside tumor tissue (n)58/62 (93.5%)
  Fluorescence signal within   10-mm margin56/58 (96.6%)
  Fluorescence signal outside   10-mm margin2/58 (3.4%)
Fluorescence signal inside tumor tissue (n)4/62 (6.5%)
Patients with all fluorescent spots 0–10 mm outside tumor border (n)8/12 (66.7%)
Patients with fluorescent spot inside tumor (n)4/12 (33.3%)
Distance from tumor border to fluorescence signal outside tumor (mm)
  Median2.8
  Mean3.2
  Range0.2–10.2 (IQR, 1.3–4.3)
Distance from tumor border to fluorescence signal inside tumor (mm)
  Median1.2
  Mean1.7
  Range0.2–4.2
  • IQR = interquartile range.