New hybrid imaging device shows promise in spotting hard-to-detect ovarian cancer
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
By combining three previously unrelated imaging tools into one new device, a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut and the University of Southern California has proposed a new way to diagnose early-stage ovarian cancer in high-risk women through minimally invasive surgery. The new technique may be better than the current standard procedure of preemptively removing the ovaries.