Thanks to John Matteo

This seems too good to be True!!!! Remarkable???

I admit, for a long time I have not accorded Italy, it's rightful due, regarding Medical Breakthroughs, although I had continued to see a profusion of such articles.

I fear that even I, have been "brainwashed" by all the other articles that regularly disproportionately negatively portray Italy.
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HAND HELD SCANNER DESIGNED TO DETECT CANCER

LONDON (Reuters) - Italian scientists have developed and are testing a hand held scanner, similar to metal detectors used in airports, to diagnose cancerous tumours.

In clinical trials of the device called Trimprobe, the scanner pinpointed 93 percent of prostate cancer tumours that were later confirmed by biopsies.

"The development holds out the prospect of a mass-screening technology that is cheap, quick and non-invasive," New Scientist magazine said on Wednesday.

The white plastic baton, which was developed by physicist Clarbruno Vedruccio of the University of Bologna and the Italian aerospace firm Galileo Avionica, is passed over the body. There is no need to undress.

The scanner contains an antenna that produces a beam of microwaves that vary in frequency from 400 to 1350 megahertz. According to Vedruccio and his team, tumours generate strong interference at about 400 megahertz.

A computer details the amount of interference at different frequencies.

Carlo Bellorofonte, a urologist who tested the scanner on prostate patients at the
San Carlo Borromeo Hospital in Milan, described the results as amazing.

"The scanner seems ideal for mass-screening of cancer because it is rapid, non-invasive and highly sensitive," he told the magazine.

In a separate trial of breast cancer patients at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan the scanner detected breast cancer in 66 percent of cases.

Further tests are being conducted on patients with lung, stomach, liver and colorectal cancer.

"However, the results of the early trials have yet to appear in a peer-reviewed medical journal and must be regarded with caution until then," the magazine added.
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John Hopkins Prostate Bulletin:
Prostate Headlines
http://www.hopkinsprostate.com/html/pbHeadlines.html

American Society of Clinical Oncology:
People Living With Cancer - Reuters News - Hand-held scanner designed to detect cancer
http://www.oncology.com/plwc/MainConstructor/1,1744,_12-001147-00_17
-001029-00_18-0028365-00_19-0028366-00_20-001-00_21-008,00.html

Cancer Source.com in Partnership with Oncology Nursing Society:
CancerSource.com Under Development