FLUORESCENCE-SENSING PROBE, AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTION METHOD, SENTINEL LYMPH NODE DISSECTION METHOD AND TARGET-GUIDED SURGERY METHOD WHICH USE THE PROBE

摘要

The present invention relates to a fluorescence-sensing probe which can detect a substance, which has been bound to or which contains therein a fluorescent dye that is distributed in a human or animal body, at high sensitivity in proximity to tissue, as well as a fluorescence detection method that uses the probe. This fluorescence-sensing probe can be used in sentinel lymph node dissection or target-guided surgery and is highly practical, because it can be suitably used for a surgical technique, such as pressing or turning the probe in proximity to the skin surface of a human or animal body during surgery.