Breast cancer is the most common type of female cancer and the number two cancer killer in US women. Treatment options continue to expand and researchers are making steady advancements in cancer detection that they hope will one day enable most breast cancer cases to be diagnosed an an early, very curable stage.

Diagnostic Imaging; Breast Cancer. TransScan Medical is developing a new diagnostic modality that it will initially market to radiologists as an adjunct to mammography. The company's technology is based on the electrical impedance properties of tissue.