Patent ID: 9610366
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61K,C07D,C09B

Claim:
1. A method for identifying the presence of gastric, lung, breast, colon, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, ovarian, peritoneal dissemination or lymph node cancer cells or tissue, comprising: applying a compound of formula (I), or a salt thereof, to gastric, lung, breast, colon, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, ovarian, peritoneal dissemination or lymph node cells or tissue of a living body, wherein R detecting fluorescence emitted by a compound of formula (II), which is generated from compound (I) in the presence of gastric, lung, breast, colon, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, ovarian, peritoneal dissemination or lymph node cancer cells or tissue, wherein R wherein the fluorescence emitted by a compound of formula (II) is indicative of the presence of the gastric, lung, breast, colon, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, ovarian, peritoneal dissemination or lymph node cancer cells or tissue, which fluorescence is observable in tumors equal to or greater than 0.1 mm immediately after application.