Karina Juhl
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Karina Juhl is a pioneering researcher in surgical oncology, specializing in the development of molecular imaging techniques to improve cancer surgery. Her key research areas include uPAR-targeted optical fluorescence imaging and PET imaging for image-guided surgery, particularly in head and neck cancer and pancreatic cancer. Juhl’s major contributions involve demonstrating the feasibility of using uPAR-targeted near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence and PET imaging to enhance tumor visualization during surgery. In her 2016 proof-of-concept study (56 citations), she showed that this dual-modality approach could accurately identify head and neck cancer in orthotopic xenograft models, paving the way for more precise surgical resections. Her 2019 work (22 citations) extended this to metastatic pancreatic cancer, proving that uPAR-targeted fluorescence guidance significantly improves surgical outcomes compared to traditional white-light surgery. With a combined citation count of 78 for these seminal papers, Juhl’s research has the potential to reduce recurrence rates and improve patient survival. Her work, often in collaboration with leading institutions like Rigshospitalet and the University of Copenhagen, represents a critical step toward integrating molecular imaging into routine surgical practice, offering a future where surgeons can “see” cancer cells in real time.
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