University finds new breast cancer identification approach
A new approach to breast cancer identification could help develop treatment courses for women worldwide, according to a new study.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University have used a new combination of MRI and ultrasound to measure the metabolism rates of the cancer cells.
According to the team, the new approach to identifying the form of breast cancer can help determine "which cells are metastasizing", and how they should be treated, earlier than other approaches.
Dr Ilan Tsarfaty, lead research from the university’s faculty of medicine, said the ultrasound will sense increased blood flow and MRI will detect an increase of oxygen consumption, which can "indicate cancer metastasis and unprecedented levels of sensitivity".
He added: "Current breast cancer treatments are not tailored to individual patients."
"Our approach to profiling individual tumours will not only help save lives today, it will provide the basic research for developing cancer drugs of the future."
Researchers from the University of Texas recently identified three factors which would determine whether breast cancer patients with the disease in only one mammary would require a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy.
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