article_snippet: The new technology, known as photoacoustic imaging, requires neither a biopsy nor a smear test.
article_snippet: Photoacoustic imaging could also identify the stage of the disease without a biopsy, say the researchers.
article_snippet: We have shown for the first time that photoacoustic imaging has the potential to make better diagnoses and help save lives,’ say the researchers from Central South University, China.
highlights_snippet: New technology requires neither a biopsy nor a smear test .
  