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This past spring an annual mammogram found a lump in Jade Barton’s breast, and she was diagnosed with stage 1 invasive ductal cancer. When she met with doctors at Huntsman Cancer Institute, she learned about a clinical trial examining an experimental noninvasive way to treat breast cancer. “They sent me all this information, and I’m like, ‘Yeah that’s pretty cool. I would like to participate in that,’” Barton, 44, of Vernal, Utah tells TODAY.com.
There are different ways that it can be done. It’s usually either with heat or cold,” Dr. Cindy Matsen, breast surgeon at Huntsman Cancer Institute and principal investigator of the phase 1 trial, tells TODAY.com. “This particular technique is using ultrasound to heat up the tumor and kill it.” But there’s a noticeable difference in this study compared to past attempts to use ultrasound to destroy tumors, she says: Researchers are using MRI guidance to “make it more precise.
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