University of Arizona: Researchers Pilot 'Itty Bitty' Device for Earlier Ovarian Cancer Detection
January 19, 2022
January 19, 2022
TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
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Biomedical engineering professor and BIO5 Institute Director Jennifer Barton has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. Banner - University Medical Center surgeon Dr. John Heusinkveld has now used the device to capture images of study participants' fallopian tubes for the first time.
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Biomedical engineering professor and BIO5 Institute Director Jennifer Barton has spent nearly a decade developing a falloposcope to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages. Banner - University Medical Center surgeon Dr. John Heusinkveld has now used the device to capture images of study participants' fallopian tubes for the first time.
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