iBreastExam
Breast Cancer is one amongst those deadly cancers affecting Indian women.
In fact, the survival rate of breast cancer victims in India is approximately 65%.
Regular Breast Screening from an early age is fundamental to detect/ catch possible breast lesions/lumps. Diagnosis can help assess the malignancy of the lesion/lumps if any and timely treatment can be initiated based on the same. These primary steps are crucial in arresting the chance proliferation of the lumps which can in very rare, unfortunate cases turn into breast cancer.
In the fast moving urban world while most women either remain wayward towards a healthy lifestyle or care less for the symptoms/ pain indicating breast cancer, in the rural outskirts of India the awareness of the cancer in itself is very low. Moreover, the screening facilities are far-fetched and inaccessible. This only adds to the increasing unfamiliarity of the disease in the rural regions and ignorance of breast health.
Change is imperative to alleviate the severe dearth in breast cancer awareness in the remote regions. Likewise, arrangements for affordable services need to be made available in the rural suburbs.
One of the many miracles of the tech-oriented medical world are the science backed inventions capable of changing and empowering the lives of many.
The recent addition to the list is the iBreast Exam, an advanced battery-operated device engineered to detect the breast lesions which are stiffer than normal breast tissue. It can perform painless documentation of the breast and can be used virtually anywhere.
About iBreastExam
iBreastExam is a US FDA approved non-invasive, radiation-free, portable, breast examination device for enhanced real-time breast documentation.
This revolutionary Hand-held Breast exam equipment is:
- easily operable and requires minimal training
- has In-built dynamic Co-Planar Capacity Sensing (DCPC) for precise results
- Accurate readings accountable for documentation
- Highly reliable results
iBreast Exam studies report high sensitivity (84-87%), Specificity (80-94%), and negative predictive value (94-98%)
Significance of iBreastExam
- Provides a consistent report of Clinical Breast Examinations (CBEs)
- Primary breast examinations for women ineligible for routine mammograms or dense breasts
- Results consider further diagnostic imaging
iBreastExam will be used extensively in breast screening camps an exclusive project of Telerad Foundation for the women hailing from village areas and the remotely located. Recently, the team successfully organized free Breast Examination Camp for women of 35 years and above with the aid of trained tactile examiners from EnableIndia at Hoskote, Bengaluru Rural.
The Telerad Foundation has been working closely with the District Health Departments with an aim to lift the depravity in breast screening facilities in rural regions. Moreover, the focus is also on educating the rural folks about this disease of growing concern and reassuring them that all doors are open in concern with the primary medical facilities for breast examination.