Scientists Have Discovered A New Method Of Detecting Cancer

Scientists Have Discovered A New Method Of Detecting Cancer.
A altered trial marketed as an alternative to a mammogram for breast cancer detection is not an outstanding screening TOOL, US health officials say. With the nipple aspirate test, a titty pump collects fluid from a woman's nipple. The fluid is then examined for unconventional and potentially cancerous cells. The test is advertised as easier, more comfortable and less painful than mammograms.

However, there is no ratification to support claims that the test can detect breast cancer, said Dr David Lerner, a medical apparatchik at the US Food and Drug Administration and a breast imaging specialist. "FDA's care is that the nipple aspirate test is being touted as a standalone tool to screen for and analyse breast cancer as an alternative to mammography," Lerner said in an agency news release.

So "Our bugbear is that women will forgo a mammogram and have this test instead". Skipping a mammogram could put a woman's well-being and life at risk if breast cancer goes undetected, Lerner warned. He said there is no thorough evidence that the nipple aspirate test, when used on its own, is an effective screening tool for bosom cancer or any other medical condition.