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Breast Cancer Prevention: Molecular Breast Imaging May Be 3 Times More Effective Than Mammograms


At last month’s TEDwomen conference, Dr. Deborah Rhodes spoke about a new technology in tumor detection that can be up to three times more effective than mammograms (and far less painful) at detecting breast cancer. She’s been developing the technology with a team of physicists for nearly ten years, and has even put it through clinical trials. So why haven’t we heard about it? Because, according to Dr. Rhodes, “the breast has become a very political organ.” The detection method she developed, called molecular breast imaging (MBI), has gone through clinical trials, is FDA-approved, and the machines are sold by two companies so far, but she says that there are political and financial interests barring the technology from becoming widely available to women who would benefit from its use.

Mammography does save thousands of lives through early detection, but according to Dr. Rhodes, there’s a significant group of women for whom it doesn’t work well at all. … More »

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Breast Cancer Prevention: Molecular Breast Imaging May Be 3 Times More Effective Than Mammograms