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    A Brazilian woman who lost an eye and part of her jaw to cancer is getting a new face thanks to a digitally engineered prosthesis.

    Denise Vicentin developed a facial tumour 30 years ago. It was removed twice, but it returned in a malignant form two decades later.

    Researchers at Paulista University in São Paulo use a low-cost method to make facial prostheses. They say it requires none of the expensive equipment used in conventional techniques - only a computer and a smartphone.

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