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This Handheld Breast Scan Is Revolutionizing How Indians Detect Cancer

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 Mihir Shah, founder, UE Lifesciences, which developed iBreastExam. Pic Credit: UE Lifesciences

December 16, 2016

For 18-year-old Farheen Jahan, life took an ugly turn when she discovered a stiff growth in her breast. However, initial blood reports failed to detect anything serious. Later, in a health camp clinic set up in her locality in rural India she got herself scanned again with something called iBreastExam – a diagnostic tool designed to perform painless and radiation free breast scans, providing results instantly at the point of care. The scan detected abnormal tissue in her breast.

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