Magnetic resonance imaging procedure spots DCIS in mice

Monday, October 27, 2008 - 07:07 in Physics & Chemistry

A new magnetic resonance imaging procedure can detect very early breast cancer in mice, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a precursor to invasive cancer. Some of the tumours detected were less than 300 microns in diameter, the smallest cancers ever detected by MRI...

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