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Handheld Scanner to Detect Cancer

Posted by michael on from the tricorder dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BBC news is reporting a new handheld scanner that can detect cancers in patients. In clinical trials at a hospital in Milan, the scanner was able to correctly identify 93% of prostate cancer patients whose condition was later confirmed by a biopsy operation."

2 of 52 comments (clear)

  1. Damnit Jim by DrLudicrous · · Score: 3, Funny
    What we have here is a tricorder...

    Damnit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!

  2. Re:What about false positives? by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 3, Funny

    I could identify 100% of all cancers if you let me have unlimited false positives.

    I could identify 100% of all cancers with zero false positives if you give me a stick of uranium.