Issue 12, 2018

Platforms for rapid cancer characterization by ambient mass spectrometry: advancements, challenges and opportunities for improvement towards intrasurgical use

Abstract

Ambient Mass Spectrometry (MS) analysis is widely used to characterize biological and non-biological samples. Advancements that allow rapid analysis of samples by ambient methods such as Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (DESI-MS) and Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry (REIMS) are discussed. A short, non-comprehensive overview of ambient MS is provided that only contains example applications due to space limitations. A spatially encoded mass spectrometry analysis concept to plan cancer resection is introduced. The application of minimally destructive tissue ablation probes to survey the surgical field for sites of pathology using on-line analysis methods is discussed. The technological challenges that must be overcome for ambient MS to become a robust method for intrasurgical pathology assessments are reviewed.

Graphical abstract: Platforms for rapid cancer characterization by ambient mass spectrometry: advancements, challenges and opportunities for improvement towards intrasurgical use

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
16 Feb 2018
Accepted
24 Apr 2018
First published
22 May 2018

Analyst, 2018,143, 2717-2722

Platforms for rapid cancer characterization by ambient mass spectrometry: advancements, challenges and opportunities for improvement towards intrasurgical use

M. Woolman and A. Zarrine-Afsar, Analyst, 2018, 143, 2717 DOI: 10.1039/C8AN00310F

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