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Cancer probe chosen for top science discovery

2017 Québec Science Discovery of the Year Award goes to the cancer-detection probe developed by Kevin Petrecca and Frédéric Leblond

Québec Science magazine’s 25-year tradition continues: every fall, a jury comprised of researchers and journalists selects the top 10 most impressive discoveries in Quebec in the past year and the public is asked to vote to select the winner. This year, a cancer-detection probe was chosen by nearly a third of approximately 4,400 votes cast in the 2017 Discovery of the Year contest.

Classified as: Kevin Petrecca, Frederic Leblond, cancer probe, raman spectroscopy, Quebec Science, brain cancer, brain tumour, Jason Karamchandani
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Published on: 19 Mar 2018

An infallible hand-held probe to aid cancer surgery

Canadian researchers have invented an intraoperative probe that reliably detects multiple types of tumour cells 

Patients with common widespread forms of cancer will enjoy longer life expectancy and reduced risk of recurrence thanks to a multimodal optical spectroscopy probe developed by Canadian researchers. 

Classified as: brain cancer, Cancer, probe, Kevin Petrecca, Frederic Leblond, brain tumour, Jason Karamchandani, Marie Christine Guiot
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Published on: 28 Jun 2017
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