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Griffith Base Hospital becomes leader in breast cancer surgery technology using metallic seeds

A new technology in breast cancer surgery that promises to be less invasive and lead to better cosmetic outcomes is being pioneered in a New South Wales hospital.

Griffith Base Hospital, nearly 600 kilometres south-west of Sydney, is the first in the state's public health system to use metallic seeds the size of a grain of rice to mark cancerous lesions in breasts.

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