Diagnostics (Dec 2022)

Passive Microwave Radiometry and microRNA Detection for Breast Cancer Diagnostics

  • Leonid Fisher,
  • Olga Fisher,
  • Dmitry Chebanov,
  • Sergey Vesnin,
  • Alexey Goltsov,
  • Arran Turnbull,
  • Mike Dixon,
  • Indira Kudaibergenova,
  • Batyr Osmonov,
  • Sergey Karbainov,
  • Larion Popov,
  • Alexander Losev,
  • Igor Goryanin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13010118
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
p. 118

Abstract

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Breast cancer prevention is an important health issue for women worldwide. In this study, we compared the conventional breast cancer screening exams of mammography and ultrasound with the novel approaches of passive microwave radiometry (MWR) and microRNA (miRNA) analysis. While mammography screening dynamics could be completed in 3–6 months, MWR provided a prediction in a matter of weeks or even days. Moreover, MWR has the potential of being complemented with miRNA diagnostics to further improve its predictive quality. These novel techniques can be used alone or in conjunction with more established techniques to improve early breast cancer diagnosis.

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