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. Is this true?

Hello setroc2-ga,

Apparently, this is true.  There is a caveat, mentioned in both the
Reuters article and the New Scientist article on which it is based:
"the results of the early trials have yet to appear in a peer-reviewed
medical journal and must be regarded with caution until then."

"Hand-Held Scanner Designed to Detect Cancer" (June 11, 2003)
Reuters
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNews&storyID=2912536

"Hand-held scanner could detect tumours" (11 June 03)
New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993820

You might also be interested in a document from Galileo Avionica, the
firm mentioned in the Reuters and New Scientist articles.

"Galileo Avionica: Italian military technology for the early detection
of cancer"
Galileo Avionica
http://www.galileoavionica.it/notizie/com_can.html

I hope that this information is helpful.

- justaskscott-ga


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"italian scientists have developed and are"
"new scientist"
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Give me a dog's nose any old day  ;-)
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