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New endoscope finds cancer and then kills it

December 24, 2014 /

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A new endoscope could one day make chemotherapy more efficient, reduce its side effects, and improve how doctors treat some of the most deadly forms of cancer.

Conventional endoscopes–tubes with a light and tiny camera attached–have limitations. Their image contrast is distorted because light scatters and is absorbed by the body, leading to blurred or low-contrast images of the tumor environment that limit doctors’ ability to visualize tumors.

by Cory Nealon-Buffalo

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