Tag: Women.Lifestyle

A new Bra to detect Cancer is reported to have been designed.

There is a doubt that this can really work.

Story:

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• Technology is based on tissue changes that evidence years before tumor presentation
• Scalable technology that is easily replicated at much lower cost
• Three clinical trials with over 650 women trained and validated the FWs Neural Nets
• Self learning bioinformatics algorithms that learn from each new case to refine outcomes
• Adds scientific analytical comparisons to biopsy analysis using BTA Early Alert^TM reports
• Collection device is a small package with sixteen sensors
• Device does not interfere with daily activities

Benefits

The First Warning System^TM is:

• Improved quality of care because it is non-radiogenic, non-invasive, and non-toxic
• Testing and retesting is encouraged because FWS is low cost and non-invasive
• Post market feedback to build a personal breast tissue history — Breast Health Now^TM
• Industry leading false positives
• Office-based with capital equipment investment of less than $1,000.
• Requires a minimum time to learn its application—no specialized medical training.
• Designed to be used at the point of entry of women into the medical care system: free standing clinics, offices of general practitioners, obstetricians, gynecologists, internists and other similar places.
• Has the potential of Over-The-Counter applications
• Disruptive economics for the patient and medical delivery system’
• http://www.firstwarningsystems.com/features-benefits.html

This is developed by First Warning Systems

The makers claim claim it can detect cancer in its earliest stages by continually monitoring the breasts for temperature changes associated with growing tumors. When a series of sensors embedded in the cups detect abnormal heat patterns, they send a signal to alert doctors to the possible presence of cancer cells.

‘In three separate clinical trials involving 650 women, the makers said the bra was able to identify the presence of tumors six years before traditional breast imaging did. It also scored a 92 percent level of accuracy in correctly classifying breast tissue as normal, benign, suspected for abnormalities, or probable for abnormalities. Routine mammograms have an accuracy rate of only 70 percent.

Dr. Deanna J. Attai, a spokeswoman for theAmerican Society of Breast Surgeons, leaves my hopes sagging. So to speak, of course.

“The technology is promising but I’m a long way off from recommending it,” she said. “We need a lot more comparison to other screening technologies, and we need to follow women over a much longer period of time to determine if this is actually a reliable test.”

Attai said she has more questions than answers about thermography, the type of imaging related to the technology the bra uses. In a perfect world, the scan for breast hot spots would correlate with the results of mammogram, MRI and ultrasound tests. This is often not the case.’

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/10/19/is-a-new-heat-sensing-bra-the-breast-medicine/