Game-changer in Breast Cancer Detection

A recent article by Abigail Klein Leichman in Israel 21C discusses an exciting new technology in the detection of breast cancer. This "Israeli device now in clinical trials avoids radiation, guesswork, discomfort and other downsides that make mammography an imperfect screening tool."

Electro-optical engineer Boaz Arnon lost his mother, Ruth, to breast cancer in 2004. "He was determined to offer an accurate alternative [to mammography] that would address all issues of concern and still be cost-effective."

The device, named RUTH, uses technology that "is not sensitive to age or breast density, and works without radiation," Arnon tells ISRAEL21c. "Results will not have to be interpreted by human eyes...The algorithms provide unprecedented accuracy, as Real Imaging has demonstrated in blind studies."

Arnon explains, "Our sensitivity results show 90 percent accuracy for women of all ages." By comparison, mammography usually is about 80 percent accurate, and not even that high in younger patients.

The entire procedure takes only a few minutes.

Very exciting, don't you think?

Comments

[Lisa Escaloni]

That article in Israel 21C was great and I can't wait until "RUTH" is sold and used here. I am sure I'll have to endure a few more mammograms until this new technology is adopted, but this is wonderful news. What a great tribute to the inventor's mom. She'd be so proud.

[Donna M]

Wow! To think that a safe, more accurate way to screen for breast cancer will soon be available is fantastic. Now the women who do not get it done because "it hurts too much" will have no excuse to easily screen for this all-too-common disease. So much great scientific work is being done in Israel. Thank you Wendy for keeping your audience on the cutting edge of knowledge.