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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 28.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2015 Dec 7;16(1):71–81. doi: 10.1586/14737140.2016.1121109

Table 2. Currently used techniques for in vivo labeling of cancer cells with fluorescence.

Technique Tumor Type Fluorescence Type References
Labelled folate Ovarian FITC [85]
5-aminolevulinic acid Malignant glioma Porphyrin [78,80,82]
Indocyanine green (ICG) Hepatocellular carcinoma ICG [69]
Methylene Blue (MB) insulinomas MB [96]

FITC = fluorescein isothiocyanate