Fourier Transform Infrared microspectroscopy identifies single cancer cells in blood. A feasibility study towards liquid biopsy

• Lewis M. Dowling,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

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• Paul Roach,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4135-9733

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• Eirik A. Magnussen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

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• Achim Kohler,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

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• Srinivas Pillai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Haematology Department, Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM), Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

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• Daniel G. van Pittius,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Histopathology Department, Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM), Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

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• Ibraheem Yousef,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ALBA Synchrotron Light Source, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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• Josep Sulé-Suso

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: josep.sulesuso@uhnm.nhs.uk

  Affiliations School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Guy Hilton Research Centre, Keele University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, Oncology Department, Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM), Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0598-737X

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