TOH edition: Wednesday, 9 September 2026 · Health & Medicine
A New MRI Technique Can Spot Lung Tumours Just One Millimetre Wide, Catching Cancer Long Before It Spreads
Reported by Medical Xpress
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Biochemists have developed a new protein-based MRI contrast agent capable of detecting invasive lung tumours and secondary growths measuring only a single millimetre across. By revealing tiny lesions that standard scans routinely miss, the breakthrough provides clinicians with a critical early window to treat disease before silent metastases take hold. Successful in laboratory studies, the precision imaging method is now preparing for human clinical trials.
Detecting lung tumours when they are no larger than a pinhead gives doctors a realistic chance to cure patients before silent cancer cells spread throughout the body.
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