TCRT continues to offer to its readers the current advances in OPTICAL BIOPSY. This special section’s focus is presented in four articles in optical imaging area. The salient features of the articles touch upon the use of time and frequency domain in imaging, the use of different wavelengths of several of possible fingerprint molecules in cancer, the role of hypoxia in cancer, the use of key topical contrast agent with confocal micro-endoscope, and the use of ultrasound guided hybrid system with optical diffusive tomography for minima invasive cancer detection. Several key methods are discussed in these articles.

This article can be cited as:
R. R. Alfano Advancers in Optical Imaging in Cancer Research – Part 1 Technol Cancer Res Treat. 10, 391-392 (2011).