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Technology for breast cancer treatment can now be accessed by patients on the NSW mid north coast.

in Coffs Harbour has unveiled a new SCOUT system 鈥� the first to be installed outside a major Australian city.

The SCOUT system helps a surgeon precisely locate tumours during surgery by using a tiny device, the size of a grain of rice, called a reflector. The reflector can identify a tumour鈥檚 location, guiding a surgeon on the shortest route for removal. The reflector is inserted under local anaesthetic and replaces a traditional, wired approach.

鈥淚t鈥檚 very exciting to be able to offer our regional community the latest technology in breast cancer care,鈥� said Dr Shehnarz Salindera from the Coffs Harbour Breast Clinic.

鈥淭he SCOUT system is designed to make breast cancer surgery more accurate and result in less unnecessary tissue loss during lumpectomy.鈥�

Baringa Private 黑料吃瓜群网 CEO Jo Brown said she hoped the new technology would make treatment a little easier for patients with breast cancer.

鈥淭his system reduces the number of procedures a patient will go through on the day of their surgery,鈥� Brown said.

鈥淚鈥檓 so pleased to be able to offer the local community access to this technology, which was previously only available in large metropolitan cities.鈥�

The SCOUT system can also be used for removal of non-cancerous breast abnormalities. The SCOUT system was first used in the USA and has been used for more than half a million procedures worldwide.

Image courtesy of Ramsay Health Care.