Your Body Uncovered highlights breast cancer

Professor Jean Abraham, who co-leads our Breast Cancer Programme, and mother of three Annabelle, are seen meeting up to see whether a breast tumour has reduced in size following chemotherapy before surgery.

But for Annabelle and Professor Abraham this was no ordinary day – since they met at an immersive imaging centre where, using real scans, they explored a replica of the tumour 3D floating in front of their eyes in 3D.

Annabelle was eight months pregnant with her third child when she found a lump. Doctors wanted to start treatment, so the decision was made to induce and deliver Annabelle’s baby.

The BBC 2 programme, called Your Body Uncovered with Kate Garraway, was screened on Wednesday 23 March at 8pm.

It is the latest in a series that uses augmented reality – a technology that superimposes computer-generated images into real view. Using headsets patients can see what is happening inside their bodies, so they can understand their condition better.

Hosted by Kate Garraway and Dr Guddi Singh, the series features other patients examining parts of their bodies that look so real it is as if they could reach out and touch them.

Watch episode 4 and other episodes of Your Body Uncovered on BBC iplayer.