PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF SKIN SURFACE ELECTROPOTENTIALS IN JAPANESE PATIENTS WITH SUSPICIOUS BREAST-LESIONS

The biofield breast examination (BBE) is a new, noninvasive and cost-e ffective method for diagnosing breast lesions currently undergoing mul ticenter evaluation in the USA and Europe. The test analyzes subtle di fferences in electrical potential caused by dysregulated epithelial pr oliferation This report summarizes a prospective evaluation of BBE in a population of 101 patients with suspicious breast lesions scheduled either for open surgical biopsy or fine needle aspiration biopsy. Of t he 101 patients included in the study, 49 were found to have a breast malignancy and 52 were found to have a benign breast lesion. BBE corre ctly identified 44 of 49 biopsy-proven cancers (sensitivity=90%) and c orrectly indicated no cancer In 31 of 52 biopsy-proven benign cases (s pecificity=60%). Sensitivity increased to 95% for cancers less than 2. 5 cm in size. These results indicate that BBE: may be an effective adj unctive test to help to resolve abnormalities discovered by physical e xamination or other screening methods.