New bra device could help monitor breast cancer tumours | Tech News [Video]

Scientists are developing a device which could fit inside a bra and monitor whether or not a breast cancer tumour is growing.

If successful, it’s hoped the device could help save patients’ lives in the future by monitoring tumour growth in real time.

A team in Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) Medical Technologies Innovation Facility is working to create the technology which will use a form of electrical current that can scan and detect tiny changes in fluids inside and outside of the cells.

Tumour tissue is more dense than healthy tissue and contains less water, so the device will be able to measure tumour changes and growth – down to as small as 2mm.

The non-invasive technology – which the researchers say could be used as an insert into a patient’s bra or potentially developed as a new bra incorporating the device – would be used alongside treatment and other regular checks and scans.

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