Katarina Svanberg

Publications (4)9.4 Total impact

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  Available from: Robert van Veen

  Article: The future of medical diagnostics: review paper.

  Waseem K Jerjes, Tahwinder Upile, Brian J Wong, Christian S Betz, Henricus J Sterenborg, Max J Witjes, Kristian Berg, Robert van Veen, Merrill A Biel, Adel K El-Naggar, [......], Gordon McKenzie, Ann Sandison, Khee C Soo, Herbert Stepp, Nicholas Stone, Katarina Svanberg, I Bing Tan, Brian C Wilson, Herbert Wolfsen, Colin Hopper
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  ABSTRACT: While histopathology of excised tissue remains the gold standard for diagnosis, several new, non-invasive diagnostic techniques are being developed. They rely on physical and biochemical changes that precede and mirror malignant change within tissue. The basic principle involves simple optical techniques of tissue interrogation. Their accuracy, expressed as sensitivity and specificity, are reported in a number of studies suggests that they have a potential for cost effective, real-time, in situ diagnosis.We review the Third Scientific Meeting of the Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics Society held in Congress Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria on the 11th May 2011. For the first time the HNODS Annual Scientific Meeting was held in association with the International Photodynamic Association (IPA) and the European Platform for Photodynamic Medicine (EPPM). The aim was to enhance the interdisciplinary aspects of optical diagnostics and other photodynamic applications. The meeting included 2 sections: oral communication sessions running in parallel to the IPA programme and poster presentation sessions combined with the IPA and EPPM posters sessions.
  Head & Neck Oncology 08/2011; 3:38. · 3.13 Impact Factor
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  Available from: Holger Sudhoff

  Article: At the frontiers of surgery: review.

  Tahwinder Upile, Waseem K Jerjes, Henricus J Sterenborg, Brian J Wong, Adel K El-Naggar, Justus F Ilgner, Ann Sandison, Max J Witjes, Merrill A Biel, Robert van Veen, [......], Khee C Soo, Vanderlei Bagnato, Lin-Ping Choo-Smith, Katarina Svanberg, I Bing Tan, Brian C Wilson, Herbert Wolfsen, Irving Bigio, Arjun G Yodh, Colin Hopper
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  ABSTRACT: The complete surgical removal of disease is a desirable outcome particularly in oncology. Unfortunately much disease is microscopic and difficult to detect causing a liability to recurrence and worsened overall prognosis with attendant costs in terms of morbidity and mortality. It is hoped that by advances in optical diagnostic technology we could better define our surgical margin and so increase the rate of truly negative margins on the one hand and on the other hand to take out only the necessary amount of tissue and leave more unaffected non-diseased areas so preserving function of vital structures. The task has not been easy but progress is being made as exemplified by the presentations at the 2nd Scientific Meeting of the Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics Society (HNODS) in San Francisco in January 2010. We review the salient advances in the field and propose further directions of investigation.
  Head & Neck Oncology 02/2011; 3(1):7. · 3.13 Impact Factor
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  Available from: Hugh Barr

  Article: Head & neck optical diagnostics: vision of the future of surgery.

  Tahwinder Upile, Waseem Jerjes, Henricus J C M Sterenborg, Adel K El-Naggar, Ann Sandison, Max J H Witjes, Merrill A Biel, Irving Bigio, Brian J F Wong, Ann Gillenwater, [......], Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Khee Chee Soo, Vanderlei Bagnato, Lin-Ping Choo-Smith, Katarina Svanberg, I Bing Tan, Brian C Wilson, Herbert Wolfsen, Arjun G Yodh, Colin Hopper
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  ABSTRACT: Review paper and Proceedings of the Inaugural Meeting of the Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics Society (HNODS) on March 14th 2009 at University College London. The aim of our research must be to provide breakthrough translational research which can be applied clinically in the immediate rather than the near future. We are fortunate that this is indeed a possibility and may fundamentally change current clinical and surgical practice to improve our patients' lives.
  Head & Neck Oncology 02/2009; 1:25. · 3.13 Impact Factor
• Article: At the frontiers of surgery : review

  Tahwinder Upile, Waseem Jerjes, Henricus Sterenborg, Brian Wong, Adel El-Naggar, Justus Ilger, Ann Sandison, Max Witjes, Merrill Biel, Robert Van Heen, [......], Khee Soo, Vanderlei Bagnato, Lin-Ping Choo-Smith, Katarina Svanberg, Bing Tan, Brian Wilson, Herbert Wolfsen, Irving Bigio, Arjun Yodh, Colin Hopper
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  ABSTRACT: The complete surgical removal of disease is a desirable outcome particularly in oncology. Unfortunately much disease is microscopic and difficult to detect causing a liability to recurrence and worsened overall prognosis with attendant costs in terms of morbidity and mortality. It is hoped that by advances in optical diagnostic technology we could better define our surgical margin and so increase the rate of truly negative margins on the one hand and on the other hand to take out only the necessary amount of tissue and leave more unaffected non-diseased areas so preserving function of vital structures. The task has not been easy but progress is being made as exemplified by the presentations at the 2nd Scientific Meeting of the Head and Neck Optical Diagnostics Society (HNODS) in San Francisco in January 2010. We review the salient advances in the field and propose further directions of investigation
  Head and Neck Oncology.