Scientists develop iKnife that helps surgeons identify cancerous tissues

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Scientists have developed an "intelligent knife" that can tell surgeons immediately whether the tissue they are cutting is cancerous or not.

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['lizbeth]

This is great.

I've seen many posts from others about additional surgeries to "get all the cancer". It would be amazing for patients to only have one surgery and be confident that they are NED afterwards.