‘Revolutionary’: Qld hospital launches breast cancer saviour

Ipswich Hospital has become the first public hospital in Queensland to trial a new technology for breast cancer which is being heralded as ‘revolutionary’.

The new technology assists surgeons in locating breast cancers during surgery, resulting in fewer chances of missing cancerous tissue.

The SCOUT Wire-Free Radar Localisation System was first trialled at St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital on December 4 as part of a 10-patient trial.

The technology provided an alternative to traditional hookwire use for non-palpable breast cancers, which the hospital’s breast and endocrine surgeon Dr Susan Bell said had the potential to improve patient outcomes and fast-track surgeries.