Objective In Europe this year 100,000 women will die of Breast Cancer. It is the largest single cause of death in womeni across the entire 35 65 ages group The exact progress of the growth of a tumour is difficult to map; tumours don't really follow growth guidelines. What we do know is that once a tumour in the breast has grown to 2cm diameter there is already a 40-50% chance that secondary cancers exist. To set this in context, breast cancer accounts for 31 deaths in 100,000 women every year. This also equates to 31 deaths out of 75 sufferers or a little over 40% of diagnosed breast cancer resulting in mortality. Dividing those figures into pre and post secondary cancer the figures are stark. Breast cancers that are detected prior to any secondary presence result in 20% mortality whereas in cases where secondary cancers are present the result is 65% mortality. Of the 100,000 women who will die of breast cancer this year about 70,000 will die from cancer that was not detected until secondary tumours (metastases) were present. Had they been diagnosed earlier, pre-metastases, nearly 50,000 of them would have lived. Diagnosis is key. Fields of science social sciencessociologydemographymortalitymedical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologybreast cancerengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesacousticsultrasound Keywords 3D-ultrasound breast cancer diagnostics inertial tracking real time Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Cooperative - SMEs-Co-operative research contracts Coordinator MEDCOM GMBH EU contribution No data Address Rundeturmstrasse 12 DARMSTADT Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SK TRADE GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Behringersdorfer STrasse 2 HERCULDSBERG See on map Total cost No data PI MEDICAL LTD Greece EU contribution No data Address Karneadou 40-42 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data S & S PLASTICS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Manners Avenue 4 ILKESTON, DERBYSHIRE See on map Total cost No data TELEMED Lithuania EU contribution No data Address Dariaus ir Gireno str. 42 VILNIUS See on map Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Hansastrasse 27C MUENCHEN See on map Total cost No data PERA INNOVATION LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address PERA Innovation Park, Nottingham Road MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE See on map Total cost No data