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Breast Cancer
Research conducted at Vanderbilt University has updated our knowledge about breast cancer
January 22nd, 2009
"The purpose of this study was to develop a method for assessing tumor vascularity in a preclinical model of breast cancer using contrast-enhanced ultrasonography. Eight mice were injected with 67NR breast cancer cells on their hind limbs and imaged with ultrasonography 8 days later," scientists in the United States report. "Mice were injected with an ultrasound contrast agent (UCA), and a sequence of images of the resultant backscattered echoes was recorded before and after high-power ''destruction'' pulses for each of multiple parallel planes. From these, data maps of the maximum contrast enhancement (within each time course) were constructed for each pixel, which...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-22)
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