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75 years later, UW-Madison inventors aim to replace old-style breast-surgery marker

January 3, 2020

Under Elucent's system, a SmartClip is placed in a patient's tumor that emits a high frequency signal or “chirp” when activated, so it can guide the surgeon to the tissue that needs to be removed.

Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/75-years-later-uw-madison-inventors-aim-to-replace-old-style-breast-surgery-marker/
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