New research revealed dense-breasted women have a higher risk of developing breast cancer, even if they are living a healthy lifestyle and no family history of the disease. Fortunately, there is a new device called iTBra that can help alert ladies if something changes on their chests.
According to the South China Morning Post, women with dense breasts are six times more likely to develop breast cancer. There is about 60 percent of young ladies and 40 percent of the older ones, who have gone through the menopausal stage, have thick chests. University of Hong Kong's surgery department's clinical assistant professor Dr. Michael Tiong-Hong Co revealed Asian women have higher breast density compared to Western girls.
Dense breasts said to have more dense tissue than fatty tissue. The dense tissue helps to hide some of the tumors that make it difficult to detect cancer through imaging. The maker of the iTBra Cyrcadia Asia's CEO said undetected cancer cells could help the disease accelerate. If not seen, it could be visible if cancer and tumor are at an advanced stage.
Cyrcadia's iTBra is a smart wearable bra insert that helps to detect breast cancer early and accurately. Women have to wear it underneath their garments for only two hours a month. It will help to sense "circadian temperature changes in breast tissue," and other changes linked to the disease's development.
The gathered data would be sent to Cyrcadia's core lab for analysis using the user's smartphone. The results, on the other hand, would be sent back to the wearer, so she could have herself checked.
"We don't rely on seeing cancer," Royea said. "We look at this change or shift in the normal circadian pattern versus what we call the reduced circadian rhythm or pattern, and that is the indication of change for all tissues."
Benzinga reported Cyrcadia's monitoring technology was based on iTBra's sensor patches. The company noted that if many women use this technology, it could deliver more accurate results for future users.
iTBra delivers 80 percent accuracy compared to mammography, which only has less than 50 percent accuracy for the densest breast tissue. Tissue density, which causes a high possibility of developing cancer, affects 40 percent of Western women and up to 70 percent of Asian women. Thus, Royea revealed their main objective was to launch iTBra in Asia, where the disease accelerates faster than the rest of the world.
