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Deborah Rhodes: Een instrument dat 3 keer meer borsttumoren vindt, en waarom het niet beschikbaar is voor jou

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Samen met een team van fysici ontwikkelde Dr. Deborah Rhodes een nieuw instrument voor tumordetectie dat 3 keer effectiever is voor vrouwen met dicht borstweefsel dan traditionele mammografie. Een verbluffend potentieel aan levens die gered kunnen worden. Dus waarom hebben wij hier niets van gehoord? Rhodes deelt het verhaal achter het ontwikkelen van het instrument en het web van politiek en economie dat algemeen gebruik ervan in de weg staat.

Deborah Rhodes is an expert at managing breast-cancer risk. The director of the Mayo Clinic’s Executive Health Program is now testing a gamma camera that can see tumors that get missed by mammography. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Carien Duisterwinkel
Reviewed by Christel Foncke
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