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<font face="Arial, Helvetica">Dear Colleagues,<br><br>
The G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory and the Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science would like to invite you to
the next seminar in our series on Modern Optics and
Spectroscopy.<br><br>
Date &
Time:<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Tuesday,
March 23, 12 noon 1 PM<br><br>
Location:<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Grier
Room (34-401)<br><br>
Speaker<b>:<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>Abigail
Haka</b>, MIT<br><br>
Title:<x-tab> </x-tab><i><x-tab> </x-tab>Diagnosing
Breast Cancer: Raman Spectroscopic Real-Time Pathology<br><br>
</i>Refreshments will be served following the talk.<br><br>
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Abstract:<br><br>
<b>Abigail Haka</b>, MIT<br>
<i>Diagnosing Breast Cancer: Raman Spectroscopic Real-Time
Pathology<br>
</i>Breast cancer is the second most common cancer accounting for one in
every three cancers diagnosed in American women. Currently breast
cancer screening is performed by a combination of annual clinical breast
examinations and x-ray mammography. However, only 10-25% of the
suspicious lesions detected during mammography are in fact malignant.
This high rate of false positive mammographic screening results in
unnecessary and costly surgery. While mammography can image anatomic
changes, it is not sensitive to the underlying morphologic and
biochemical changes that distinguish benign and malignant breast lesions.
Raman spectroscopy is ideally suited to exploit these factors as it
provides detailed biochemical information about a tissue sample.
Data will be presented which illustrates our progress in using Raman
spectroscopy to diagnose breast cancer. The technique will ultimately be
implemented in real-time during mammography, using a fiberoptic device
delivered through a biopsy needle.<br><br>
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Vinnie Russo * vrusso@mit.edu * Office Manager<br>
MIT; G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory<br>
77 Mass. Ave., 6-014 * Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
(v) 617-253-9774 * (f) 617-253-4513</html>