[HN Gopher] Light-based technique shows 90% accuracy in early pr...
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       Light-based technique shows 90% accuracy in early prostate cancer
       detection
        
       Author : amichail
       Score  : 53 points
       Date   : 2024-09-02 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (medicalxpress.com)
        
       | theGnuMe wrote:
       | the paper is at:
       | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63816-z
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       | Pretty amazing if it pans out.
        
       | chrisweekly wrote:
       | Great news, if it holds up!
        
       | Mistletoe wrote:
       | Like reading tea leaves but dried blood and it seems to work.
        
       | petermcneeley wrote:
       | Biopsy's have their own risks.
        
         | thinkingkong wrote:
         | Such as?
        
           | tomcam wrote:
           | Sometimes piercing a tumor can spread cancer cells
        
             | dyauspitr wrote:
             | Happened to my wife's uncle. A meningioma surgery led to
             | glioblastoma.
        
       | melling wrote:
       | Non-invasive detection and a non-invasive cure with focused
       | ultrasound
       | 
       | We're slowly getting there:
       | 
       | https://www.fusfoundation.org/diseases-and-conditions/prosta...
        
       | dagurp wrote:
       | As someone with a BRCA2 mutation this is very promising news.
        
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