Diagnosing breast cancer in just 45 minutes

　　breast cancer yes female The number one killer of breast cancer, early detection and early treatment are the key to the radical cure of breast cancer. The good news is that British doctors have invented a method that can determine whether a patient has breast cancer within 45 minutes.
　　
　　According to the British "Times" report on October 31, British doctors have invented a method that can determine whether a patient has breast cancer within 45 minutes. This approach has been used in some London Hospital The test was carried out and the NHS will roll it out across the UK next year.
　　
　　Doctors say the rapid diagnostic method, called a breast lymph node test, is faster and more reliable than current methods and analyzes the breast glands to detect cancer Whether it has spread, there is a chance that the patient will kill the tumor in the "cradle".
　　
　　Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK, with around 46,000 women diagnosed with it every year disease , most patients require surgery to remove the tumor or the entire breast. Before surgery, doctors need to examine these patients to see if the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes. About one-third of patients have tumors that extend to lymph nodes, but current ultrasound or biopsy methods can miss 10 to 15 percent of cases.
　　
　　At present, more than 750 patients in the UK have undergone breast lymph node testing, 160 patients have undergone Japan's nucleic acid amplification test at the Royal Surrey Hospital, and 500 patients have undergone the GeneSearch breast lymph node detection technology test developed by Johnson & Johnson in the United States at the Queen Alexandra Hospital.
　　
　　Both testing methods rely on the widely used sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure for breast cancer: doctors perform surgery to remove tissue and then send it to a pathology lab for testing. Examining a sample under a microscope can take weeks, but the new test uses molecular biology techniques to break down and replicate tissue in a special solution, delivering results in 30 to 45 minutes.
　　
　　Graham Surrey, an expert at the Royal College of Surgeons, said the rapid results would allow surgeons to remove any cancer-infected lymph nodes and only require the patient to undergo normal anesthesia.