Magnetised molecules used to monitor breast cancer
(World News Science)

A scan that involves magnetising molecules can let doctors see in real time which regions of a breast tumour are active, new research suggests. Scientists say it is the first time they have shown that this scanning technique – called carbon-13 hyperpolarised imaging – can be used to monitor breast cancer. It was tested on patients from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge with various types and grades of breast cancer before they had received any treatment. Researchers used the scan to measure how fast tumours were metabolising a naturally occurring molecule...