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1. 1. www.oklahomahealthcenter.com

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   Published on: 4/15/2008   Last Visited: 5/30/2008

   Phillip Bretz, M.D., director of the Desert Breast and Osteoporosis Institute in Rancho Mirage, Calif., said if it wasn't for OncoVue, his patient's breast cancer might have gone undetected.
   
   "She had a mammogram in June of 2007, but nothing showed up.She came to see me in September, because she'd heard about OncoVue," he said.
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   "It had me jumping for joy-not that she had cancer, but that the technology worked," Bretz said."Nothing showed up on the mammogram in June.If she had gone to another facility, one without OncoVue or the infrared, doctors might have stopped at finding the calcium deposits.It could have been another year before they found the cancer."
   
   A year can be a lifetime for a malignant tumor.The potential to spread is dangerous and potentially deadly, Bretz said, making early detection and removal crucial
   
   "The more I use OncoVue with the infrared, the more I know we're really onto something," he said.

2. 2. www.thedesertsun.com

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   Published on: 4/1/2007   Last Visited: 4/6/2007

   Dr. Phillip Bretz holds a tub of mouthwash in his office in Rancho Mirage. Dr. Phillip Bretz and the Desert Breast Institute are the first in the state to participate in the study of a new breast cancer gene test. | Post Comment
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   Dr. Phillip Bretz holds a tub of mouthwash in his office in Rancho Mirage. Dr. Phillip Bretz and the Desert Breast Institute are the first in the state to participate in the study of a new breast cancer gene test.
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   Dr. Phillip Bretz holds a tub of mouthwash in his office in Rancho Mirage.Dr. Phillip Bretz and the Desert Breast Institute are the first in the state to participate in the study of a new breast cancer gene test.
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   "Breast cancer will be like getting the flu," said Dr. Phillip Bretz, founder of the Desert Breast Institute.
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   Bretz believes that OncoVue can work hand-in-hand with technology like his Sentinel BreastScan, a machine that uses a digital infrared camera to measure temperatures throughout the breast.
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   "It's so proactive, it's almost like sci-fi or something," said Lynch, who helped Bretz bring the infrared technology to the area.
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   Also, Bretz recently began work on a trial to come up with a new way of diagnosing and treating breast cancer, particularly among African-Americans and the poor.
   
   "We can't keep lopping off women's breasts and calling that an answer.It isn't," Bretz said."As researchers who want to preserve body, mind and spirit, we have to offer an another way of hope."
   
   The current system of diagnosing breast cancer is flawed and has failed women, Bretz said.
   
   He believes that easy and accessible genetic testing, like Onco-Vue, coupled with new scanning machines, can deliver a knock-out blow to the disease.
   
   "We need to actively seek out alternatives," he said.

3. 3. www.oklahomahealthcenter.com

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   Published on: 4/15/2008   Last Visited: 4/16/2008

   Phillip Bretz, M.D., director of the Desert Breast and Osteoporosis Institute in Rancho Mirage, Calif., said if it wasn't for OncoVue, his patient's breast cancer might have gone undetected.
   
   "She had a mammogram in June of 2007, but nothing showed up.She came to see me in September, because she'd heard about OncoVue," he said.
   ...
   "It had me jumping for joy-not that she had cancer, but that the technology worked," Bretz said."Nothing showed up on the mammogram in June.If she had gone to another facility, one without OncoVue or the infrared, doctors might have stopped at finding the calcium deposits.It could have been another year before they found the cancer."
   
   A year can be a lifetime for a malignant tumor.The potential to spread is dangerous and potentially deadly, Bretz said, making early detection and removal crucial
   
   "The more I use OncoVue with the infrared, the more I know we're really onto something," he said.