Towards a Microspectroscopy Catheter for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Detection
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Introduction: Although more than 95% of breast cancers originate in the mammary ducts, clinicians cannot reliably diagnose cancers at this early intraductal stage. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can distinguish between benign and malignant tissue with specificity and sensitivity upwards of 80%. Unfortunately, conventional methods are limited to late-stage diagnosis, as cm of malignant tissue is needed. We propose a miniature radio frequency (RF) coil for intraductal spectroscopy, as a potential method for early detection of breast cancers (Figure 1). Here we present the prototype.
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