Abstract #1893

Noninvasive Assessment of Lymph Node Metastasis of Melanoma Using Molecular MR Reporter Gene of Ferritin

Seung Hong Choi¹, Hye Rim Cho², Hyeonjin Kim³, Hoe Suk Kim², Woo Kyung Moon²

¹Radiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, ., Korea, Republic of; ²Seoul National University Hospital, Korea, Republic of; ³Gacheon Univeristy of Medicine and science, Korea, Republic of

This study shows the possibility of noninvasive assessement of lymph node metastasis of cancer cells using MR reporter gene of ferritin. In addition, MR imaging seems to be superior to optical imaging in the evaluation of deep organ metastasis of cancer cells.