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Laser-Based Breast Scanner Can Detect Subtle Changes That May Lead To Cancer

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 15th, 2001

A new laser-based scanner can - for the first time without surgery or other invasive techniques - detect subtle physiological changes in breast tissue that may lead to new ways to detect and treat cancer, a research group at the University of California Irvine College of Medicine's Beckman Laser Institute has found.

The research suggests that the scanner could diagnose breast cancer at earlier stages than currently possible, may more accurately detect cancer in younger women who are harder to diagnose, and may aid in the use of therapies such as chemotherapy and hormone replacement. The findings were published in the February 2001 issue of Academic...

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