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Diagnostics
Laboratory based small angle x-ray scattering used to diagnose breast cancer
November 24th, 2005
Laboratory based small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) could be used to diagnose breast cancer. According to a study from England, "Breast tissue collected from tumor samples and normal tissue from bilateral mastectomy procedures were examined using small angle x-ray scattering. Previous work has indicated that breast tissue disease diagnosis could be performed using SAXS from a synchrotron radiation source." "The technique would be more useful to health services if it could be made to work using a conventional x-ray source. Consistent and reliable differences in x-ray scatter distributions were observed between samples from normal and tumor tissue...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-24)
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