Dr Simon Vincent, Director of Research at Breast Cancer Now, said:
“It’s incredibly exciting that early findings suggest this new innovative technology could potentially improve breast cancer detection and diagnosis in future.
“Diagnosing breast cancer early is vital to saving more lives from this devastating disease. So there’s huge hope in the ability of Field-Cycling Imaging (FCI) to better detect breast cancers compared to current imaging, including in women with dense breasts who have an increased risk of developing the disease.
“FCI technology can also better predict how invasive a tumour is, which could help people get access to more tailored treatment.
“We hope that the larger trials being planned can validate these initial results and help us to further understand how this technology can be used in clinical settings to improve breast cancer diagnosis.”
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