Glasses That Make Cancer Glow, Washington University Study

When Sandy Sagitto was diagnosed with breast cancer she was devastated.

“First thought is that I couldn’t believe that I drew that card from the deck. I had no risk factors going in, I had no family history. It wasn’t real for a while,” she said.

But reality set in fast when her doctors said they needed to remove the cancer forming in her body. Sagitto, 53, a neurosurgery nurse for the past 25 years, was open to the idea of participating in a clinical trial to test out a new technology that gives surgeons the ability to visualize cancer cells in real time while they operate.

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