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CTOnews.com, July 29 (Xinhua)-- breast cancer kills 42000 women and 500 men in the United States each year. If the disease can be detected early before it spreads to other parts of the body, the five-year survival rate is 99%.

Breast cancer is found later, and if the cancer spreads to the lungs, liver, bones or other parts of the body, the survival rate drops to less than 30%.

At present, the main way to screen for breast cancer in the industry is to take X-rays. Although X-rays can detect lumps in breast tissue earlier, this routine method misses about 1/8 of breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a wearable ultrasound device that can take ultrasound images equivalent to medical centers.

Canan Dagdeviren, an associate professor at the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and senior author of the study, said in a statement that the translation part of CTOnews.com is as follows:

We have changed the shape of ultrasound technology so that it can be used in your home, this device is not only portable, but also easy to use, and provides real-time monitoring data.

Dagdeviren's mother, who died of breast cancer at the age of 49, began research, designing miniature ultrasound scanners using piezoelectric materials that can take images when users need them.

The team also designed a flexible 3D printing patch with a "honeycomb" opening. Equipped with a matching bra, the scanner can be moved to six different locations to image the entire breast.

The researchers tested their device on a 71-year-old subject with a history of breast cysts and were able to detect cysts as small as 0.3 centimeters in diameter and 8 centimeters deep while maintaining a resolution similar to that of conventional ultrasound.

The team's next step includes building a mini phone-sized imaging system that high-risk individuals can use repeatedly at home in the future.

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