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Breast cancer can be tricky to diagnose, sometimes it is found after symptoms appear but some women have no symptoms which is why screening is encouraged. Screening with mammography can improve prognosis and reduce mortality by helping to detect the disease at an earlier stage, however, many cancers are missed on screening mammography and suspicious …
Mammograms can be uncomfortable, and doesn’t always provide accurate results, exposing women to harmful X-rays. Scientists claim to have developed a non-invasive disease screening pill which makes cancerous tumors light up when exposed to near-infrared lighting, without the use of radiation, as published in ACS’ journal Molecular Pharmaceutics. According to the American Cancer Society breast …