Excited about the Greek holiday she and her daughter were about to embark on, Deborah King’s thoughts were fixed on last-minute packing as she got out of the shower.
But as she reached for something in her bathroom cabinet, her eye was caught by an indentation on the underside of her left breast. Checking it, she was horrified to feel a few lumps — one that felt as large as a 10p coin — inside the breast as she probed
A wearable ultrasound patch which attaches to a bra could help detect breast cancer more quickly in women at high risk.
Taking less than five minutes to use, it should detect tumours which are missed in between mammograms.
For most women, the risk of detecting slow-growing tumours which would not cause a problem, and subjecting them to unnecessary treatment, means that extra scans between mammograms are not necessary.
But women at high risk of developing aggressive breast cancer could potentially
