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Researchers from the University of Connecticut and the University of Connecticut Health Center found that the combination of ultrasound and optical tomography identified whether small lesions in the breast were cancerous. They used ultrasound to locate the areas where the lesions were, and then used a hand-held device to shine light of two different wavelengths on each lump. Since there's more blood flowing through cancerous tissue, they were able to tell which lumps were cancerous based on the

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