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28.03.2023

Study results of Prospective evaluation of Tactile Breast examination by Visually Impaired in India were published

The study results explore the concept of enabling and training impaired women with enhanced tactile sense to performe tactile breast examination (TBE) for early detection of breast cancer.

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14.12.2022

Pilot phase in Switzerland on the home stretch

The Swiss team around the association pretac+ has successfully trained 2 MTEs and they are already in their compulsory internships.

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26.07.2022

Clinical breast exams are an incredibly valuable screening and early detection tool

Dr. Lily Gutnik is a U.S. breast surgeon specializing in breast cancer. In this interview she talks about her passion for her job, the challenges in breast cancer screening at the global level and why she is fascinated by discovering hands.

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16.05.2022

New MTE trainers and Training MTEs in Austria

On May 6th two new MTE trainers and, for the first time in Austria, two Training MTEs were certified. This professional team will kick off the new round of training in fall 2022.

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17.02.2022

Efficacy study confirms superior sense of touch of MTEs trained by discovering hands

A research project conducted in Austria has revealed that discovering hands’ visually impaired palpation experts find twice as many tumors as sighted doctors.

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