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Italian
scientists have developed a hand-held scanner that finds cancerous
tumors, reports Reuters News and New Scientist magazine. Similar
to metal detectors used in airports, the trimprode found 93% of
prostate tumors and 66% of breast cancers during clinical trials.
The white plastic baton was developed by University of Bologna physicist
Clarbruno Vedruccio and the Italian aerospace firm, Galileo Avionica.
Carlo Bellorofonte, a urologist who tested the scanner, described
the results as amazing. “It seems ideal for mass-screening of cancer
because it is rapid, non-invasive (patients are fully clothed) and
highly sensitive,” he told new scientist. But scientists are proceeding
with caution and stress that the device needs further testing.
Source: Italian America Magazine
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