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machine to aid women
Working with Consultant Breast Surgeons,
Stephen Courtney, Brendan Smith and
Hilary Umeh the charity launched an
appeal in 2012 for a Surgical Specimen
Radiography System (BioVision)
manufactured by Faxitron.
A BioVision is a type of x-ray machine that
sits in the operating theatre, and is
designed to be used by a surgeon
operating on a woman with breast cancer.
Any woman who’s undergone an
operation for breast cancer will tell you
that one of the most stress-provoking
aspects is not knowing whether she’ll have
to come back for a second operation.
A BioVision will help surgeons to check
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