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Article: Mayo Clinic Researchers Report Success in New Molecular Breast Imaging Technique; Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Finds Small Tumors Detectable With Gamma Camera.
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- January 11, 2005
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Byline: Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using a new specially designed gamma camera for breast imaging, Mayo Clinic researchers report in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings their success with a system they call molecular breast imaging.
"By optimizing the camera to detect smaller breast lesions, this technique should aid in the detection of early-stage breast cancer, something that was not possible with conventional gamma cameras," says Michael O'Connor, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic radiologist.
In the study, 40 women with suspicious findings on mammogram underwent molecular breast imaging: Twenty-six women had 36 ...