Diagnosing Skin Cancer Without Biopsy
April 15th, 2009 | by admin |
Its an invention that researchers say could radically change how doctors find skin cancer. The hand-held non-invasive cancer scanner diagnoses skin lesions on a patient, avoiding painful unnecessary biopsies. One in three people in the United States will get Basal Cell or Squamous Cell cancer, and deadly melanoma cancer kills 7000 people each year. For years, doctors have cut out or biopsied troub…
Tags: Basal, Biopsy, Cancer, Cell, Medical, Melanoma, Research, Skin, Squamous, Vanderbilt
