Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in men. Even after surgical removal of the prostate gland, there is still a possibility of new metastases forming in lymph nodes in the pelvis. Researchers from the School of Medicine and the Department of Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have teamed up to develop a method to visualize and remove these metastases while they are still very small.
Lymph nodes hosting prostate cancer metastases look quite innocuous initially. Since they measure no more than a few millimeters, they cannot be distinguished from their healthy neighbors with the naked eye. ...
