Detection device for cancer

Press, 10 April 1980, Page 9

Detection device for cancer

NZPA-Reuter New York] A leading American cos-] metics firm plans to market] a breast-cancer-detecting de-, vice that women can use; easily in their own homes in! less than 15 minutes. Faberge, Inc., said yester-! day that it had acquired rights to market the still-ex-1 perimental device, which consists of heat-sensitive, pads to be placed inside each cup of the bra. j Tumours radiate heat; above normal body tempera-! ture, and the pads would: indicate any varying tem-j peratures within the breast.] The temperature variations] would be shown by colour: in a heat-sensi-!

J tive chemical inside the thin ■'pads. ,] The company said the de- ■ vice would have to be worn J only for 10 to 15 minutes J and its results could be read ] easily. It added that the de- ■ ] vice was meant to act as a |. warning: a woman should •iconsuit a doctor about any i possible signs of a tumour. ;i The company did not say siwhen it expected to begin | selling the device, which :jwas still being tested. • I According to recent statistics, breast cancer is the i most common form of the disease among women, one out of 11 women being exJpected to develop it during a •'lifetime.