A $1.6 million, four-year grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was awarded to a researcher from Tulane University in Louisiana to develop a prostate cancer scanner that can check whether all traces of cancer have been removed after surgery, according to The Associated Press.
Researcher J. Quincy Brown, PhD, and an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Tulane, will use the grant to develop a rapid microscopy scanner with a team of engineers, mathematicians and doctors from across the U.S.
“The team hopes to create a device that can scan the entire prostate surface for residual tumor within 10 minutes of removal and create a map-like image showing whether any cancer cells remain,” according to AP.
Once the device is completed, Brown and his team will test the scanner on 250 patients to determine in real-time if prostate cancer tumor removal was successful. If so, the scanner could help lower tumor recurrence and improve quality of life for patients.
Read The Associated Press’ entire article below.
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