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NICE endorses Magtrace diagnostic to detect breast cancer spread

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The diagnostic developed by UK firm Endomag can be used to detect ‘sentinel’ lymph nodes – the first lymph node to which cancer cells are most likely to spread from a primary tumour – showing if the cancer has progressed beyond the breast tissue.

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Preventing the spread of nontuberculous mycobacteria in water systems

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The impact is severe infections in the lungs, blood, lymph nodes, and soft tissues. Furthermore, NTM can be spread by the smallest droplets of water or vapour from air-conditioning units, for example. NTM infections can be difficult to diagnose and may lay dormant in some patients for five years or longer before symptoms materialise.