OU Health Sciences researchers test revolutionary imaging technique for pancreatic cancer

Researchers at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences have embarked on a revolutionary new research study that could improve the detection of a deadly disease — pancreatic cancer — and give patients a chance to live longer, healthier lives.

The research focuses on an innovative combination of imaging techniques: a newly created contrast agent that recognizes pancreatic cancer cells, paired with Multispectral Optoacoustic Tomography, or MSOT. Together, the approach can detect pancreatic cancer cells the width of an eyelash — approximately 10 times more magnitude than what is currently possible. The research is led by Lacey McNally, Ph.D., and Ajay Jain, M.D., who are professors of surgery at the OU College of Medicine. They received a $3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health for this project, which is believed to be among the first of its kind in the world.

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