# Could we detect breast cancer with a fingerprint?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxManchester
- Speaker: Simona Francese
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/simona_francese_could_we_detect_breast_cancer_with_a_fingerprint)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally. And yet, many people pass up opportunities to get screened for the disease, often because of the invasive and sometimes painful process of mammograms. Chemist and professor Simona Francese presents a potentially groundbreaking alternative that could transform how and when we identify this deadly disease.

## Lectures

1. [Could we detect breast cancer with a fingerprint?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/simona_francese_could_we_detect_breast_cancer_with_a_fingerprint/de4c6658329d), 13 min (TED's player)