Continuing with my search, I came across this new technology to detect tumors in Dense Breast Tissue, and I thought on sharing it with you...
Dr. Deborah Rhodes: A tool that finds 3x more breast tumors, and why it’s not available to you
http://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_rhodes.html
Dr. Deborah Rhodes is an expert at managing breast-cancer risk. The director of the Mayo Clinic’s Executive Health Program is now testing a gamma camera that can see tumors that get missed by mammography.
ABOUT THIS TALK
Working with a team of physicists, Dr. Deborah Rhodes developed a new tool for tumor detection that's 3 times as effective as traditional mammograms for women with dense breast tissue. The life-saving implications are stunning. So why haven't we heard of it? Rhodes shares the story behind the tool's creation, and the web of politics and economics that keep it from mainstream use.
MY QUESTION
I would like to ask Dr Rhodes about the injection of radiation that one needs to receive in order for the Gamma Rays to detect cancer on Dense Breast Tissue; are there secondary effects to this injection? Is there a chance of allergic reactions to the injection?
Other than that, it seems to be a wonderful tool and I hope it can be available to all soon.
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