{"id":992026,"date":"2026-08-10T00:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/992026\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T00:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:16:31","slug":"french-smart-bra-could-detect-early-signs-of-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/992026\/","title":{"rendered":"French ‘smart bra’ could detect early signs of breast cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bra-vo for this uplifting news.<\/p>\n

Breast cancer cases are consistently on the rise, accounting for about\u00a030% of all new female cancers<\/a>\u00a0annually and affecting more than 320,000 people this year alone.<\/p>\n

A piece of wearable technology, though, could hold the key to earlier detection for one of the most common and deadliest cancers for women, giving new meaning to an underwired bra.<\/p>\n

\"AnA \u201csmart bra\u201d equipped with thermal sensors and artificial intelligence could help screen for early signs of breast cancer. ryanking999 \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

While mammograms are the standard way to get checked for cancer, starting at age 40<\/a> and recommended every year, earlier detection is oftentimes better for those who are high risk.<\/p>\n

More wearable devices, like a miniaturized AI ultrasound scanner,<\/a> are being created to detect breast cancer tumors in the early stages and create more accessible diagnostic methods in between mammograms.<\/p>\n

Now, a French-Swiss research team is seeing promising results from a \u201csmart bra\u201d equipped with thermal sensors and artificial intelligence to screen for early signs of cancer.<\/p>\n

The PHI-BRA smart bra system is a non-invasive device worn for 30 minutes using skin surface thermography to track changes in breast tissue temperature.<\/p>\n

An increase in temperature<\/a> can signal increased blood flow caused by a developing tumor or cancerous breast tissue.<\/p>\n

The bra also uses surface electrodes for electrical impedance spectroscopy<\/a> (EIS), a way to measure cell structure frequency, as breast tumors have different structures.<\/p>\n

\"DoctorThe PHI-BRA smart bra uses skin surface thermography and worn for 30 minutes to track breast tissue temperature. steph photographies \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

This combination of thermography and electrical impedance can measure both metabolic activity through the surface and tissue structural properties.<\/p>\n

Data collected is then analyzed by artificial intelligence methods to check for any suspicious heat patterns.<\/p>\n

The AI can also take into account any uncertainty in measurements, which allows for any anomalies to be located.<\/p>\n

While not a direct replacement for mammogram screenings, the bra could serve as an additional and more accessible screening method in between doctor\u2019s visits.<\/p>\n

Although mammograms aren\u2019t generally recommended until women hit 40, cases of life-threatening breast cancer are spiking among younger women.<\/p>\n

Metastatic breast cancer \u2014 in which breast cancer cells have spread from the local area of the breast to another site of the body \u2014 increased by 3% from 2004 to 2021 among patients aged 20 to 39.<\/p>\n

The PHI-BRA isn\u2019t the first wearable device to catch cancer early, as researchers at MIT created a device that attaches to a bra and takes images of breast tissue with ultrasound technology.<\/p>\n

The technology recorded the images of the breast tissue, which displayed cysts as small as 0.3 centimeters in diameter\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>the size of tumors at early stages<\/a> of the disease.<\/p>\n

Researchers plan to use artificial intelligence\u00a0to analyze the ultrasound images and make diagnostic recommendations, adding it could be three or four years before the device is available to consumers.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, clinical trials of the PHI-BRA Smart Bra are still underway while the team looks to further expand their research and transferring the technology to a larger scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bra-vo for this uplifting news. Breast cancer cases are consistently on the rise, accounting for about\u00a030% of all…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":992027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[11],"tags":[38153,15634,235,210,1183,16978,67,132,68,15649,5925],"class_list":["post-992026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-bras","tag-breast-cancer","tag-cancer","tag-health","tag-research","tag-study-says","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-womens-health","tag-womens-fashion"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117068339013954239","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/992027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}