Nanoparticle Formulation of Indocyanine Green Improves Image-Guided Surgery in a Murine Model of Breast Cancer

Abstract
Negative surgical margins (NSMs) have favorable prognostic implications in breast tumor resection surgery. Fluorescence image-guided surgery (FIGS) has the ability to delineate surgical margins in real time, potentially improving the completeness of tumor resection. We have recently developed indocyanine green (ICG)-loaded self-assembled hyaluronic acid (HA) nanoparticles (NanoICG) for solid tumor imaging, which were shown to enhance intraoperative contrast.
Funding Information
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (R01EB019449)
  • National Cancer Institute (P50CA127297, P30CA036727)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P20GM103480)
  • U.S. Department of Defense (W81XWH-14-1-0567)