New Breast Cancer Test May Replace Mammograms

STORRS, Conn. -- The mammogram is a fact of life for any woman above the age of twenty-five. Many women screen for breast cancer using the standard mammogram procedure or through self-examinations. A new FDA approved testing method, called the Halo Breast Pap Test, may replace the old methods of screening for breast cancer with a simple, five minute long procedure, according to Dr. Iacob Marcovici, an obstetrician and gynecologist practicing in Avon, CT. "The breast cancer Pap test, Halo, is a recent invention, about 6 months [old], from a company in California," according to Marcovici, the first and only doctor in Connecticut to use the new test procedure. According to their website, the company NeoMatrix designed the machine as "a...