Cancer patients in Newcastle will soon be injected with a special dye that makes tumours glow green - as part of a new trial experts hope will make it easier for surgeons to remove the tumour in question.
The trial will affect those with sarcoma - a rate form of cancer affecting areas of our bodies which "connect, support and surround" our organs. Usually, to be sure of removing all of the cancer, a surgeon has to remove some healthy cells too. This is then checked in a lab to ensure the cancer hasn't spread further.
However, thanks to support from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, medics at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust will now be able to trial a new technique which sees a special green dye injected into patients. The harmless dye called "indocyanine green" makes a tumour glow green under infrared light, but it "clears away" from healthy cells.
