Diagnosis of Breast Cancer by X-Ray Diffraction of Hair

    October 2007 in “ International journal of cancer ”
    Gary L. Corino, Peter French
    Studysummary This study reports that hair from women with breast cancer showed a unique X-ray diffraction feature, potentially offering a non-invasive method for detecting the disease.
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    1. Localized Breast Cancers May Have Systemic Influences on Skin and Hair Journal of Clinical Pathology · 2006
    2. Keratin 17 Modulates Hair Follicle Cycling in a TNFα-Dependent Fashion Genes & Development · 2006
    3. Fourier Transform Infrared Attenuated Total Reflection Analysis of Human Hair: Comparison of Hair from Breast Cancer Patients with Hair from Healthy Subjects Applied spectroscopy · 2005
    4. Experimental Confirmation of a Distinctive Diffraction Pattern in Hair From Women With Breast Cancer Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2001