Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on December 25, 2007
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2008 100(1):13; doi:10.1093/jnci/djm298
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NEWS |
LOOKING BACK 10 YEARS
What Happened to the Cancer-Detecting Bra?
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This is part of an occasional series that recalls some of the stories reported 10 years ago in the News section of the Journal.
Ten years ago, researchers dreamed of a heat-sensing bra that could detect early signs of breast cancer in premenopausal women. A preliminary clinical trial on just such a bra was in the works, and the scientists were hopeful that it would someday offer an accurate breast cancer screening method that women could use at home.
The trial was never