Abstract #0420
            Molecular Imaging Studies of a Robust Gd-Sucrose Scaffold Applied to MR-Colonography
                      Gary V. Martinez                     1                    , Parastou Foroutan                     2                    , 						Valerie E. Moberg                     1                    , Suryakiran Navath                     3                    , 						Roha Afzal                     1                    , Robert J. Gillies                     1                    , 						Eugene A. Mash                     3                    , and David L. Morse                     1          
            
            1
           
           Department of Cancer Imaging and Metabolism, 
						H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, 
						Tampa, Florida, United States,
           
            2
           
           Bruker 
						Biospin, Billerica, Massachusetts, United States,
           
            3
           
           Department 
						of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 
						Tucson, Arizona, United States
          
            
          Colorectal cancer (CRC) has a high incidence as it is 
						the third most common cancer in both males and females, 
						and the second leading cause of death from cancer in the 
						United States. Despite these statistics, it is known 
						that early detection can mitigate the risk and improve 
						outcome dramatically, if detected early. In this work, 
						we present an approach that may potentially mitigate all 
						of the drawbacks of currently existing methods by using 
						a Gd sucrose scaffold that has a high relaxivity, is 
						robust and resilient to the GI tract, and may be 
						administered orally with minimal bowel preparation.
         
				
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