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Breastlight Allows Women to View Breast Abnormalities

Self-examination is the front line in a woman's battle against breast cancer. Women that regularly examine their breasts greatly improve their chances for successful treatment should any abnormalities appear. Sadly, many women do not know how to conduct a proper self-exam, so we were intrigued when we saw this device, designed to simplify the process, on ShinyShiny.tv. The Breastlight (available ...

Robot Doctors Join the Fight Against Breast Cancer

From Da Vinci robosurgeons to helpful nursebots , robots are becoming commonplace in hospitals the world over -- and now researchers at Duke University have developed a rudimentary tabletop robot that uses 3D ultrasound technology to detect a 'lesion' in a simulated sponge breast, pinpoint its exact location, and perform a biopsy. All the calculations are performed by the device itself, using ...