Seeing Entire Tumors is Now Possible, Thanks to a New Strategy

One of the biggest hurdles that both cancer patients and specialists face is the process of diagnosis. Before any form of cancer treatment can begin, doctors still need to locate the tumor and identify it. Once spotted, one of the widely practiced solutions to prevent the cancer from spreading is surgically removing the tumor. However, such a method has a weakness, as the extraction of a cancerous tumor can be done inaccurately without a proper image of the said tumor. When such a scenario happens, it could mean a local recurrence in the future.

Fortunately, researchers at the University of …read more